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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 Coltonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coltonville 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 Coltonville:
- 41.971389, -88.736111
- 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 Coltonville
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Coltonville is near Kane County and also Ogle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogle 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 Coltonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coltonville ...
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.
- Charter Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clare
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Empire Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Empire Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Hills
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Foxfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Foxfield is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Hedgerow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hedgerow is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgerow
- Herbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- High Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- High Point is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Indian Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Kaneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Malta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mary Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mary Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Meadows
How Far From Coltonville 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 Coltonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Coltonville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Coltonville and extending to:
- Sycamore, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Coltonville to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Coltonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coltonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Coltonville 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 Coltonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9714, Longitude: -88.7361 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.183 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.089 degrees. |
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