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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Half Day
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Beaver Creek is located in Lake County
- Buffalo Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Grove <2>
- Deerpath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Diamond Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Edgewood Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
- Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
- Everett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Herons Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herons Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herons Crossing
- Herons Crossing is located in Lake County
- Hidden Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Hidden Lake is located in Cook County
- Highview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Indian Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Kennedy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Long Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove
- Long Grove is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Grove <2>
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- Meadowridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Meadowridge is located in Lake County
- Melody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Pheasant Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knolls
- Pheasant Knolls is located in Lake County
- Prairie View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prairie View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Rambling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rambling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Rambling Hills is located in Lake County
- Regency Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Riverwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwoods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwoods
- Riverwoods is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverwoods <2>
- Sanders Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Sanders Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
- Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
- Tall Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meadowridge
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<4> beginning in Half Day and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Half Day to Waukegan, with an average speed<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Half Day. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Half Day) to Point B.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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.634 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.603 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.622 degrees. |