Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harper and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harper
- 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 Harper:
- 42.141548, -89.647509
- 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 Harper
- 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 Ogle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ogle County
- Since Harper is near Carroll County and also Stephenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- eBird sighting report for Stephenson 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 Harper ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Harper.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Harper.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Modoc County
- This Harper is located in Modoc County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<2> to the west of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Harper.
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Harper [San Bernardino County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Keokuk County
- This Harper is located in Keokuk County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keokuk County community of Harper.
- Page County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Harper [Page County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harper [Antrim County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harper [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Greene County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Greene County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Harper.
- Logan County
- This Harper is located in Logan County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Harper.
- Ross County
- This Harper is located in Ross County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the east southeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Harper.
- Ontario
- This Harper lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- Oregon
- Prince Edward Island
- This Harper lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Pendleton County
- This Harper is located in Pendleton County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Harper.
- Raleigh County
- This Harper is located in Raleigh County and lies 535 miles [861 km] to the east southeast of the Harper that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Harper.
- Wyoming
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harper ...
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.
- Bolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Buffalo Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove is located in Ogle County
- Eagle Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Ogle County
- Elkhorn Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Grove
- Elkhorn Grove is located in Carroll County
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Freeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Stephenson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,447 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <5>
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County
- German Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Valley
- German Valley is located in Stephenson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for German Valley <5>
- Maryland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Maryland is located in Ogle County
- Polo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Polo is located in Ogle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,158 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polo <5>
- Valley Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Creek
- Valley Creek is located in Stephenson County
How Far From Harper 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 Harper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harper and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Ogle County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harper to Oregon, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ogle County: www.oglecounty.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Harper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Harper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1415, Longitude: -89.6475 |
| <3> | 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 Harper 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. |
| <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 Harper 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 315.784 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.906 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.50 degrees. |