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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 Glenbrook Countryside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenbrook Countryside 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 Glenbrook Countryside:
- 42.147778, -87.826667
- 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 Glenbrook Countryside
- 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 Glenbrook Countryside is near Lake County and also DuPage 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 DuPage 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 Glenbrook Countryside
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenbrook Countryside ...
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.
- Ancient Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
- Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Birch Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birch Pond is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pond
- Buttonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buttonwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Charring Cross
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charring Cross is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charring Cross
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Covenant Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Cozy Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cozy Corner is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Driftwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Driftwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Edgewood Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
- Fair Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
- Fair Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fair Oaks is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Fox Hedge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fox Hedge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hedge
- Garden Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Court is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Heathercrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heathercrest is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathercrest
- Lane Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lane Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Park
- Lee Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lee Woods is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Woods
- Mallard Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
- Maple Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Ridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Meadow Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
- Pheasant Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
- Regency Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Royal Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Court is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
- Royal Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Ridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Ridge
- Sanders Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Solar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Solar Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
- Sportmans Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
- Summerhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Sun Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Ridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Ridge
- Sunset Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Court is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
- Sunset Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Fields is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Fields
- Sycamore Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sycamore Lane is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lane
- Thorn Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Timber Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Willow Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Cove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Glenbrook Countryside 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 Glenbrook Countryside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Glenbrook Countryside and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glenbrook Countryside to Chicago, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Glenbrook Countryside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Glenbrook Countryside 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 Glenbrook Countryside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1478, Longitude: -87.8267 In this case, the coordinates for Glenbrook Countryside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.563 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.585 degrees. |
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