RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Illinois >> Lake County >> Highmoor >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Highmoor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highmoor and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Highmoor:
    • 42.199747, -87.842290
    • 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 Highmoor
  • 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 Highmoor is near Cook County and also DuPage 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 DuPage 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 Highmoor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highmoor ...

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.

  • Ancient Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
  • Arrowhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Arrowhead is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Birch Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Birch Pond is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pond
  • Buttonwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Buttonwood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
  • Charring Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Charring Cross is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charring Cross
  • Colonial Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Colonial Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Covenant Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Covenant Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
  • Cozy Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cozy Corner is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
  • Creamery Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Creamery Corners is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery Corners
  • Deerpath
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Deerpath is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpath
  • Driftwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Driftwood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Edgewood Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Everett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Everett is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Fair Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
    • Fair Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fair Oaks is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
    • Garden Court
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Garden Court is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
    • Half Day
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Half Day is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Day
    • Heathercrest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Heathercrest is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathercrest
    • Highwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Kennedy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kennedy is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Lake Bluff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lane Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lane Park is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Park
    • Lee Woods
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lee Woods is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Woods
    • Mallard Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
    • Maple Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Melody
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Melody is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody
    • Pheasant Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
    • Prairie View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Prairie View is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
    • Regency Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Regency Place is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
    • Riverwoods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Royal Court
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Royal Court is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
    • Sanders Crossing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
    • Sanders Prairie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
    • Solar Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Solar Grove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
    • Sportmans Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
    • Sun Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sun Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Ridge
    • Sunset Fields
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Fields is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Fields
    • Sycamore Lane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sycamore Lane is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lane
    • Thorn Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Timber Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge

How Far From Highmoor 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 Highmoor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Highmoor and extending to:

  • Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Highmoor 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 191 miles [307.4 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 610 miles [981.7 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 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highmoor) 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 Highmoor 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 Highmoor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1997, Longitude: -87.8423       In this case, the coordinates for Highmoor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.573 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.533 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.577 degrees.