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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 Blackberry Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackberry Acres 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 Blackberry Acres:
- 41.842806, -88.486189
- 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 Blackberry Acres
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Blackberry Acres is near DeKalb County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Blackberry Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackberry Acres ...
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 Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackberry Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blackberry Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Woods
- Foxfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Foxfield is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Happy Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hills
- Heaton Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heaton Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Park
- Heritage West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heritage West is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage West
- High Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Indian Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Indian Creek is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Kaneville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mary Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Meadows
- Mooseheart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Native Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Native Prairie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Native Prairie
- Rainbow Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rainbow Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
- Randall Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Randall Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Hills
- Spring Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Green is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Still Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Still Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Meadows
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tanglewood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanner Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanner Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Woods
How Far From Blackberry Acres 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 Blackberry Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blackberry Acres and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blackberry Acres to Geneva, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 635 miles [1,021.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackberry Acres) 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 Blackberry Acres 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 Blackberry Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8428, Longitude: -88.4862 In this case, the coordinates for Blackberry Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.004 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.00 degrees. |
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