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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 Clarke City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarke City 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 Clarke City:
- 41.158088, -88.242836
- 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 Clarke City
- 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 Grundy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
- Since Clarke City is near Kankakee County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Clarke City
Communities Also Named Clarke City ...
We found one communities that are also named Clarke City.
Within Illinois, the name Clarke City is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Clarke City in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Clarke City lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clarke City that is located in Grundy County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarke City ...
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.
- Blair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Braidwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Campus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Diamond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dwight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eileen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eileen is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Resthaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Resthaven is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven
- Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Clarke City 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 Clarke City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarke City and extending to:
- Morris, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clarke City to Morris, 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clarke City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Clarke City 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 Clarke City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1581, Longitude: -88.2428 In this case, the coordinates for Clarke City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.84 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.691 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.071 degrees. |
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