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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 Gilberts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilberts 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 Gilberts:
- 42.103333, -88.359513
- 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 Gilberts
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Gilberts is near McHenry County and also Cook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook 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 Gilberts
Communities Also Named Gilberts ...
We found five communities that are also named Gilberts.
Within Illinois, the name Gilberts is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Gilberts is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<1> to the west of the Gilberts that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Gilberts.
- Placer County
- This Gilberts is located in Placer County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km] to the west of the Gilberts that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Gilberts.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Gilberts is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Gilberts that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Gilberts.
- Michigan
- Manistee 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 Gilberts [Manistee County].
- Ohio
- Darke 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 Ohio community of Gilberts [Darke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilberts ...
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.
- Carpentersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freeman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hill
- Hidden Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Lakes is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
- Illinois Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Park
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plato Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silent Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silent Meadow is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Meadow
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Starks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wildwood Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Valley is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Valley
How Far From Gilberts 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 village such as Gilberts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gilberts and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Gilberts to Geneva, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 173 miles [278.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gilberts) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gilberts 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 Gilberts 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 Gilberts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1033, Longitude: -88.3595 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.919 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.863 degrees. |
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