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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 Heaton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heaton Park 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 Heaton Park:
- 41.832529, -88.358408
- 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 Heaton Park
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Heaton Park is near DuPage County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Heaton Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heaton Park ...
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.
- Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackberry Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blackberry Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Woods
- Exposition View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Exposition View is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exposition View
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Happy Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hills
- Heritage West
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heritage West is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage West
- Marywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marywood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
- Mooseheart
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Native Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Native Prairie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Native Prairie
- Randall Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Randall Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Hills
- Spring Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spring Green is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Still Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Still Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Meadows
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tanglewood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanner Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Woods
How Far From Heaton Park 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 Heaton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heaton Park and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Heaton Park to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 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 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heaton Park) 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 Heaton Park 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 Heaton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8325, Longitude: -88.3584 In this case, the coordinates for Heaton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.918 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.94 degrees. |
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