Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Holcombville Corners

• 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 Holcombville Corners:
  • 42.291689, -88.320087
  • 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 Holcombville Corners

• 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 McHenry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
  • Since Holcombville Corners is near Lake County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kane 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 Holcombville Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holcombville Corners ...

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.

• Bull Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
• Crystal Gardens
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crystal Gardens is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Gardens
• Crystal Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Lake is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,642 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal Lake <1>
• Crystal Vista
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Crystal Vista is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Vista
• Emerald Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Emerald Park is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Park
• Ferndale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ferndale is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
• Holiday Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
• Prairie Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
• Riverstream
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverstream is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverstream
• Silver Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Silver Lake is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
• Terra Cotta
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta

How Far From Holcombville Corners to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Holcombville Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Woodstock, which is the Seat of McHenry County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Holcombville Corners to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 635 miles [1,021.9 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 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'