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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 Divine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Divine 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 Divine:
- 41.385864, -88.295342
- 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 Divine
- 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 Divine is near Will County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Divine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Divine ...
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.
- Birds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birds is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds
- Carbon Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Claypool
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eileen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eileen is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Fields of Saratoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fields of Saratoga is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields of Saratoga
- Gaslight Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Heatherfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Heatherfield is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Oak Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Lane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Pebble Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rock Run Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Park
- Sand Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- White Willow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Willow is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
- Willow Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge
How Far From Divine 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 Divine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Divine and extending to:
- Morris, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies just to the West.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Divine to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 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 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Divine) 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 Divine 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 Divine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3859, Longitude: -88.2953 In this case, the coordinates for Divine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.876 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.034 degrees. |
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