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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 Grand Boulevard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Boulevard 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 Grand Boulevard:
- 41.813923, -87.617272
- 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 Grand Boulevard
- 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 Grand Boulevard 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 Grand Boulevard
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Boulevard ...
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.
- Back of the Yards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Bronzeville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bronzeville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronzeville
- Chinatown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chinatown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Ducktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ducktown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Film Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Film Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Film Row
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forestville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fuller Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fuller Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Park
- Grant Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Harbor Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harbor Square is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Square
- Lake Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Meadows is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meadows
- Locks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locks is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- New City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Patch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Patch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
- Park Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Row
- Poverty Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poverty Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
- Prairie Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie Courts is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Courts
- Prairie Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie Shores is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Shores
- Whiskey Row
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Grand Boulevard to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grand Boulevard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grand Boulevard and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Grand Boulevard to Springfield, with an average speed<2>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 591 miles [951.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Grand Boulevard) 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 Grand Boulevard 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 Grand Boulevard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8139, Longitude: -87.6173 In this case, the coordinates for Grand Boulevard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.426 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.311 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.578 degrees. |
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