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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Beverly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Beverly:
    • 41.718089, -87.673661
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Beverly
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Beverly ...

We found 33 communities that share the name Beverly.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Beverly.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Adams County
      • This Beverly is located in Adams County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Beverly.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Beverly lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • This Beverly is located in Sebastian County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Beverly.
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This Beverly is located in Franklin County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the south of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Beverly.
    • Georgia
      • Elbert County
      • This Beverly is located in Elbert County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Beverly.
      • Thomas County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beverly [Thomas County].
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Beverly [Linn County].
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Beverly is located in Lincoln County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Beverly.
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Beverly [Sedgwick County].
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Beverly [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • This Beverly is located in Bell County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Beverly.
      • Christian County
      • This Beverly is located in Christian County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km] to the south of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Beverly.
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Beverly [Knox County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • This Beverly is located in Essex County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the east of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Beverly.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Beverly is located in Kent County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Beverly.
    • Mississippi
      • Coahoma County
      • This Beverly is located in Coahoma County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Beverly.
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Beverly.
      • Platte County
      • This Beverly is located in Platte County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Beverly.
    • Nebraska
      • Hitchcock County
      • This Beverly is located in Hitchcock County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the west of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hitchcock County community of Beverly.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Beverly is located in Burlington County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the east of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Beverly.
    • North Carolina
      • Anson County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beverly [Anson County].
      • Bertie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beverly [Bertie County].
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Beverly is located in Washington County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Beverly.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Beverly.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Beverly is located in Lancaster County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Beverly.
    • South Carolina
      • Pickens County
      • This Beverly is located in Pickens County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Beverly.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Beverly is located in Knox County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Beverly.
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • This Beverly is located in McLennan County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Beverly.
    • Virginia
      • King and Queen County
      • This Beverly is located in King and Queen County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King and Queen County community of Beverly.
      • Northampton County
      • This Beverly is located in Northampton County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Beverly.
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • This Beverly is located in Grant County and lies 1,621 miles [2,608.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Beverly.
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • This Beverly is located in Randolph County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beverly that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Beverly.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Evergreen Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Gage Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
    • Gage Park is located in Cook County
  • Grand Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
    • Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
  • Hazel Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Green have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
    • Hazel Green is located in Cook County
  • Hometown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Honeymoon Row
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeymoon Row have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
    • Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
  • Italian Bowery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Italian Bowery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
    • Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
  • Mexico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexico have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
    • Mexico is located in Cook County
  • Mount Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
    • Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pierces Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierces Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Park
      • Pierces Park is located in Cook County
    • Poverty Row
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poverty Row have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
      • Poverty Row is located in Cook County
    • Robbins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Roseland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Roseland is located in Cook County
    • Stony Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Island have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
      • Stony Island is located in Cook County
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Woodlawn is located in Cook County

How Far From Beverly to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beverly to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beverly and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Beverly to Chicago, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beverly. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beverly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beverly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7181, Longitude: -87.6737       In this case, the coordinates for Beverly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beverly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Beverly could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Beverly to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.464 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.34 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.634 degrees.









 

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