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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 Elva, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elva 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 Elva:
- 41.863669, -88.775253
- 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 Elva
- 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 Elva is near Lee County and also Kane 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 Kane 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 Elva
Communities Also Named Elva ...
We found six communities that are also named Elva.
Within Illinois, the name Elva is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Marshall County
- This Elva is located in Marshall County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south of the Elva that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Elva.
- Manitoba
- This Elva lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Elva that is located in DeKalb County.
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elva [Tuscola County].
- New Mexico
- Chaves County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Chaves County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Elva.
- Tennessee
- Scott County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Elva [Scott County].
- Texas
- Ellis County
- This Elva is located in Ellis County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Elva that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Elva.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elva ...
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.
- Big Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clare
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Paw Paw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Franks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Malta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Elva 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 Elva to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elva and extending to:
- Sycamore, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elva to Sycamore, with an average speed<5> 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Elva 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. |
| <3> | 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 Elva, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Elva 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 Elva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8637, Longitude: -88.7753 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.197 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.197 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.139 degrees. |
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