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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 Freedom Centre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freedom Centre 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 Freedom Centre:
- 41.484476, -88.880634
- 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 Freedom Centre
- 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 La Salle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Since Freedom Centre is near Lee County and also DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 Freedom Centre
Curious and Interesting Names Near Freedom Centre ...
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.
- Catharine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Catharine is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Deer Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Earlville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Paw Paw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Rock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Paw Paw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peterstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peterstown is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterstown
- Reed Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reed Crossing is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Crossing
- Stoneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stoneyville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneyville
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Tomahawk Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk Bluff is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Bluff
- Triumph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Freedom Centre 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 community such as Freedom Centre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Freedom Centre once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Freedom Centre and extending to:
- Ottawa, which is the Seat of La Salle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Freedom Centre to Ottawa, 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Freedom Centre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freedom Centre) 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 Freedom Centre 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 Freedom Centre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4845, Longitude: -88.8806 In this case, the coordinates for Freedom Centre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.266 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.223 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.295 degrees. |
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