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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 Half Day, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Half Day 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 Half Day:
- 42.201136, -87.933405
- 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 Half Day
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Half Day is near Cook County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry 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 Half Day
Curious and Interesting Names Near Half Day ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Buffalo Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deerpath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerpath is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpath
- Diamond Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Edgewood Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
- Everett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Everett is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Herons Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Herons Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herons Crossing
- Hidden Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Highview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Indian Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Kennedy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Long Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadowridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meadowridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Melody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melody is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody
- Pheasant Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Knolls is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knolls
- Prairie View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Rambling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rambling Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Regency Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Riverwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Sanders Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
- Tall Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tall Oaks is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
How Far From Half Day 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 Half Day to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Half Day and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Half Day to Waukegan, with an average speed<3> 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 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 614 miles [988.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Half Day) 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 Half Day 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 Half Day. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2011, Longitude: -87.9334 In this case, the coordinates for Half Day have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.634 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.603 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.622 degrees. |
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