|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elsdon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elsdon 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 Elsdon:
- 41.793644, -87.721720
- 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 Elsdon
- 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 Elsdon 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 Elsdon
Communities Also Named Elsdon ...
We found one communities that are also named Elsdon.
Within Illinois, the name Elsdon is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Elsdon in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- 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 Minnesota community of Elsdon [Saint Louis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elsdon ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Back of the Yards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Clearing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Ducktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ducktown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Forest View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fuller Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fuller Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Park
- Gage Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Glenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Hometown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locks is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks
- Mexico
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Patch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Patch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Whiskey Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row
How Far From Elsdon 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 Elsdon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Elsdon and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Elsdon to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Elsdon 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Elsdon) 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 Elsdon 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 Elsdon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7936, Longitude: -87.7217 In this case, the coordinates for Elsdon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.495 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.387 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.635 degrees. |
|
|