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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 Ingleside Shore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ingleside Shore 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 Ingleside Shore:
- 42.401687, -88.144251
- 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 Ingleside Shore
- 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 Ingleside Shore is near McHenry County and also Kenosha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha 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 Ingleside Shore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ingleside Shore ...
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.
- Fox Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Lake Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Grass Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Kings Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Island is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Island
- Lake Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Long Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Loon Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Lotus Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lotus Woods is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Woods
- Round Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Round Lake Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Lake Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Venetian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
How Far From Ingleside Shore 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 Ingleside Shore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ingleside Shore and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ingleside Shore 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 197 miles [317 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 629 miles [1,012.3 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 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ingleside Shore) 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 Ingleside Shore 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 Ingleside Shore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4017, Longitude: -88.1443 In this case, the coordinates for Ingleside Shore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.773 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.67 degrees. |
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