|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kyte Side Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kyte Side Estates 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 Kyte Side Estates:
- 41.933918, -89.152598
- 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 Kyte Side Estates
- 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 Ogle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogle County
- Since Kyte Side Estates is near Lee County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Kyte Side Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kyte Side Estates ...
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.
- Carthage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carthage is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Flagg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flagg is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
- Flagg Center
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flagg Center is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Center
- Hickory Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
- Honey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Creek is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Kings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kings is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Lost Nation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lost Nation is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillman Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Kyte Side Estates 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 Kyte Side Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kyte Side Estates and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Ogle County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kyte Side Estates to Oregon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kyte Side Estates) 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 Kyte Side Estates 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 Kyte Side Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9339, Longitude: -89.1526 In this case, the coordinates for Kyte Side Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.45 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.308 degrees. |
|
|