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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 Chapel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Chapel Hill:
    • 42.178080, -88.100077
    • 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 Chapel Hill
  • 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 Chapel Hill ...

We found 39 communities that share the name Chapel Hill.

Within Illinois, the name Chapel Hill is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Choctaw County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Choctaw County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Covington County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Covington County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Walker County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Walker County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Washington County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Howard County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Sevier County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Sevier County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in New London County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the east of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Douglas County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km] to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Floyd County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Twiggs 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 Georgia community of Chapel Hill [Twiggs County].
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Marion County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Monroe County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Monroe County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Iowa
      • Scott 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 Iowa community of Chapel Hill [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Allen County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Calvert County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Calvert County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Prince George's County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Prince George's County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala 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 Mississippi community of Chapel Hill [Attala County].
      • Hinds County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Hinds County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Lafayette County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Chapel Hill.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the east of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Chapel Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Madison County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Orange County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Orange County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Perry 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 Ohio community of Chapel Hill [Perry County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Chapel Hill [Montgomery County].
    • Quebec
      • This Chapel Hill lies 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Chapel Hill [Berkeley County].
    • Tennessee
      • Henderson County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Marshall County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Maury County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Maury County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km] to the south of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Texas
      • Smith County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Smith County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Washington 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 Texas community of Chapel Hill [Washington County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Davis County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria City
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Alexandria City and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Chapel Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel Hill ...

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.

  • Ancient Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ancient Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
    • Ancient Oaks is located in Lake County
  • Bishops Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishops Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Ridge
    • Bishops Ridge is located in Lake County
  • Cedar Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Cedar Creek is located in Lake County
  • Deer Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Chase
    • Deer Chase is located in Lake County
  • Deer Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
    • Deer Lake is located in Cook County
  • Deer Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Deer Park is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <5>
  • Echo Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
    • Echo Lake is located in Lake County
  • Herons Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herons Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herons Crossing
    • Herons Crossing is located in Lake County
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lake County
  • Lake Zurich
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Zurich
    • Lake Zurich is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,760 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Zurich <5>
  • Long Grove Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Grove Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove Valley
    • Long Grove Valley is located in Lake County
  • Park Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
    • Park Hill is located in Lake County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Ponds
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds
      • Ponds is located in Lake County
    • Prairie Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
      • Prairie Creek is located in Lake County
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
      • Quail Run is located in Lake County
    • Quentin Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quentin Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quentin Corners
      • Quentin Corners is located in Lake County
    • Ravens Wing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravens Wing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravens Wing
      • Ravens Wing is located in Lake County
    • Squires
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
      • Squires is located in Lake County
    • Tall Trees
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Trees have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Trees
      • Tall Trees is located in Lake County
    • Timber Trails
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
      • Timber Trails is located in Lake County

How Far From Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chapel Hill to Waukegan, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 184 miles [296.1 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 622 miles [1,001 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapel Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1781, Longitude: -88.1001       In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Chapel Hill 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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Chapel Hill 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 314.745 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.726 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.712 degrees.




 

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