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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 Big Foot Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Foot Prairie 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 Big Foot Prairie:
- 42.494259, -88.599365
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Big Foot Prairie
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected McHenry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Since Big Foot Prairie is near Walworth County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Big Foot Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Foot Prairie ...
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.
- Big Foot Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Harvard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Inlet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Inlet is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Lake Lawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Lawn is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lawn
- Shady Side ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Side is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
How Far From Big Foot Prairie to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Big Foot Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Big Foot Prairie and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of McHenry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Big Foot Prairie to Woodstock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 195 miles [313.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Foot Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Big Foot Prairie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Foot Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4943, Longitude: -88.5994 In this case, the coordinates for Big Foot Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.078 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.151 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.872 degrees. |
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