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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 Hawthorn Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawthorn Knolls 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 Hawthorn Knolls:
- 42.210302, -88.025909
- 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 Hawthorn Knolls
- 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 Hawthorn Knolls 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 Hawthorn Knolls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawthorn Knolls ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beaver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Cedar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Diamond Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Heather Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heather Highlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Highlands
- Herons Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Herons Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herons Crossing
- Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Indian Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Lake View Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake View Highlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Highlands
- Long Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pheasant Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pheasant Knolls is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knolls
- Ponds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ponds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds
- Prairie Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Rambling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rambling Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Tall Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tall Oaks is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- White Birch Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Birch Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birch Lakes
How Far From Hawthorn Knolls 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 Hawthorn Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hawthorn Knolls and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hawthorn Knolls to Waukegan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 187 miles [300.9 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 619 miles [996.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 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 '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- Hawthorn Knolls) 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 Hawthorn Knolls 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 Hawthorn Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2103, Longitude: -88.0259 In this case, the coordinates for Hawthorn Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.695 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.674 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.666 degrees. |
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