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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 Clearing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clearing 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 Clearing:
- 41.780588, -87.773388
- 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 Clearing
- 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Clearing is near DuPage County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Clearing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearing ...
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.
- Archer Limits
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Bridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Forest View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gary is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hometown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Justice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mexico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
How Far From Clearing 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 Clearing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clearing and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clearing to Chicago, 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 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clearing) 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 Clearing 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 Clearing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7806, Longitude: -87.7734 In this case, the coordinates for Clearing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.53 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.665 degrees. |
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