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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 Horatio Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horatio Gardens 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 Horatio Gardens:
- 42.164470, -87.942294
- 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 Horatio Gardens
- 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 Horatio Gardens is near Cook County and also Kane 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 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 Horatio Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horatio Gardens ...
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 southeast)
- Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
- Buffalo Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Edgewood Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
- Garden Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Court is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Half Day
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Half Day is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Day
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hidden Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Indian Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Long Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
- Prairie View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Regency Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Riverwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sanders Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Sanders Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
- Sportmans Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
- Staples Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Staples Corner is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples Corner
How Far From Horatio Gardens 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 Horatio Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Horatio Gardens and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Horatio Gardens 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 614 miles [988.1 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 6,180 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 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 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- Horatio Gardens) 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 Horatio Gardens 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 Horatio Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1645, Longitude: -87.9423 In this case, the coordinates for Horatio Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.64 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.605 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.637 degrees. |
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