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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 Gano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gano 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 Gano:
- 41.677492, -87.632249
- 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 Gano
- 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 Gano is near Lake County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Gano
Communities Also Named Gano ...
We found six communities that are also named Gano.
Within Illinois, the name Gano is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Finney County
- This Gano is located in Finney County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gano that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Gano.
- Kentucky
- Boyle 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 Kentucky community of Gano [Boyle County].
- Harlan County
- This Gano is located in Harlan County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the southeast of the Gano that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Gano.
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Gano is located in Butler County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Gano that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Gano.
- Oklahoma
- Payne County
- This Gano is located in Payne County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gano that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Gano.
- Texas
- Williamson 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 Texas community of Gano [Williamson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gano ...
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.
- Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Evergreen Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harvey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Honeymoon Row
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
- Irondale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irondale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Italian Bowery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
- Mount Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Pierces Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierces Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Park
- Robbins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Stony Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Gano 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 Gano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gano and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Gano to Chicago, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 589 miles [947.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 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 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gano) 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 Gano 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 Gano 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 Gano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6775, Longitude: -87.6322 In this case, the coordinates for Gano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.303 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.625 degrees. |
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