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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 Douglas Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglas Park 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 Douglas Park:
- 41.793919, -89.734554
- 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 Douglas Park
- 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 Whiteside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
- Since Douglas Park is near Lee County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Douglas Park
Communities Also Named Douglas Park ...
We found three communities that are also named Douglas Park.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Douglas Park.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Douglas Park [Cook County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Del Norte County
- This Douglas Park is located in Del Norte County and lies 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Douglas Park that is located in Whiteside County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Del Norte County community of Douglas Park.
- Virginia
- Portsmouth City
- This Douglas Park is located in Portsmouth City and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Douglas Park that is located in Whiteside County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Douglas Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglas Park ...
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.
- Deer Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Prophetstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Round Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Round Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Unionville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- White Pigeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
- Woodland Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland Shores is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Shores
How Far From Douglas Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Douglas Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Douglas Park and extending to:
- Morrison, which is the Seat of Whiteside County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Douglas Park to Morrison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,892 miles [7,872.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Douglas Park 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Douglas Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Douglas Park 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 Douglas Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7939, Longitude: -89.7346 In this case, the coordinates for Douglas Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.84 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.923 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.637 degrees. |
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