Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hainesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hainesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hainesville
- 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 Hainesville:
- 42.341606, -88.069123
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hainesville
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Hainesville is near McHenry County and also Kenosha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- eBird sighting report for Kenosha 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hainesville ...
We found eight communities that share the name Hainesville.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Hainesville.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Tazewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hainesville [Tazewell County].
- Tazewell County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Clay County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Clay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Hainesville.
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Holt County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Hainesville.
- New Brunswick
- This Hainesville lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Hainesville that is located in Lake County.
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This Hainesville is located in Sussex County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<3> to the east of the Hainesville that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Hainesville.
- Texas
- Wood County
- This Hainesville is located in Wood County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Hainesville that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Hainesville.
- West Virginia
- Berkeley County
- This Hainesville is located in Berkeley County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Hainesville that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Hainesville.
- Hampshire County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hainesville [Hampshire County].
- Missouri
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hainesville ...
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.
- Gages Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gages Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gages Lake
- Gages Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gages Lake <5>
- Grayslake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayslake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayslake
- Grayslake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,584 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayslake <5>
- Harris Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Harris Corners is located in Lake County
- Idlewild
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Ivanhoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Long Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Round Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Round Lake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,982 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake <5>
- Round Lake Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Beach
- Round Lake Beach is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake Beach <5>
- Round Lake Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Heights
- Round Lake Heights is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,630 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake Heights <5>
- Third Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Third Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Lake
- Third Lake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Third Lake <5>
- Venetian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venetian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Hainesville 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 village such as Hainesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hainesville and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hainesville to Waukegan, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 194 miles [312.2 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 624 miles [1,004.2 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<7> 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hainesville: www.hainesville.org/
The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hainesville 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hainesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hainesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hainesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3416, Longitude: -88.0691 In this case, the coordinates for Hainesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hainesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.723 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.725 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.649 degrees. |