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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 Grant View Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grant View Heights 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 Grant View Heights:
- 42.191689, -89.137883
- 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 Grant View Heights
- 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 Winnebago County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- Since Grant View Heights is near Ogle County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Grant View Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grant View Heights ...
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.
- Cheyenne Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cheyenne Heights is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Heights
- Coreys Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coreys Bluff is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coreys Bluff
- Coventry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coventry Creek is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Creek
- Hickory Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Indian Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Loose Pulley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Motor Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Motor Heights is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor Heights
- Panorama Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Valley is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Valley
- Silver Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hills is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Stillman Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Grant View Heights 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 Grant View Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grant View Heights and extending to:
- Rockford, which is the Seat of Winnebago County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Grant View Heights to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Grant View Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Grant View Heights 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 Grant View Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1917, Longitude: -89.1379 In this case, the coordinates for Grant View Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.44 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.229 degrees. |
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