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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 Edgebrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgebrook 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 Edgebrook:
- 41.996976, -87.765338
- 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 Edgebrook
- 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 Edgebrook is near DuPage County and also Lake 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 Lake 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 Edgebrook
Communities Also Named Edgebrook ...
We found five communities that are also named Edgebrook.
Within Illinois, the name Edgebrook is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Edgebrook [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- This Edgebrook is located in Mercer County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the east of the Edgebrook that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Edgebrook.
- Middlesex County
- This Edgebrook is located in Middlesex County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the east of the Edgebrook that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Edgebrook.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Edgebrook is located in Allegheny County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Edgebrook that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Edgebrook.
- Washington County
- This Edgebrook is located in Washington County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east southeast of the Edgebrook that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Edgebrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgebrook ...
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.
- California Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- California Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Park
- Edison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edison is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Golf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grayland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grayland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
- Lincoln Square ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Square is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Square
- Lincolnwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Martin Luther
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Martin Luther is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Luther
- Park Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Portage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Portage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Park
- Ravenswood Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenswood Gardens is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Gardens
- Six Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Six Corners is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Swedentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swedentown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedentown
How Far From Edgebrook 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 Edgebrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgebrook and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Edgebrook to Chicago, with an average speed<4> 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 181 miles [291.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Edgebrook 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edgebrook) 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 Edgebrook 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 Edgebrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9970, Longitude: -87.7653 In this case, the coordinates for Edgebrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.598 degrees. |
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