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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 Forest View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest View 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 Forest View:
- 41.807466, -87.780714
- 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 Forest View
- 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 Forest View is near DuPage County and also Will 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 Will 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 Forest View
Communities Also Named Forest View ...
We found four communities that are also named Forest View.
Within Illinois, the name Forest View is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This Forest View is located in Jefferson County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Forest View that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Forest View.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Forest View is located in Greenville County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Forest View that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Forest View.
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Forest View is located in Washington County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Forest View that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Forest View.
- Virginia
- Richmond City
- 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 Virginia community of Forest View [Richmond City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest View ...
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 east)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Back of the Yards
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Bridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clearing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Countryside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ducktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gary is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Hometown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Justice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mexico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Whiskey Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row
How Far From Forest View to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Forest View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest View and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Forest View 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 599 miles [964 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 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Forest View) 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 Forest View 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> | 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 Forest View 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 Forest View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8075, Longitude: -87.7807 In this case, the coordinates for Forest View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.434 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.661 degrees. |
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