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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 Bushs Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bushs Corners 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 Bushs Corners:
- 42.295023, -87.983409
- 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 Bushs Corners
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Bushs Corners is near Cook County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry 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 Bushs Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bushs Corners ...
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.
- Diamond Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Gages Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grayslake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harris Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harris Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Idlewild
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Idlewild is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Indian Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Ivanhoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Libertyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Bushs Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bushs Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bushs Corners and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bushs Corners to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 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 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bushs Corners) 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 Bushs Corners 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 Bushs Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2950, Longitude: -87.9834 In this case, the coordinates for Bushs Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.666 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.62 degrees. |
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