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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 La Grange Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Grange Park 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 La Grange Park:
- 41.830733, -87.872105
- 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 La Grange Park
- 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since La Grange Park is near DuPage County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 La Grange Park
Communities Also Named La Grange Park ...
We found two communities that are also named La Grange Park.
Within Illinois, the name La Grange Park is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of La Grange Park [Lake County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This La Grange Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange Park that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of La Grange Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Grange Park ...
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.
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Countryside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fullersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gary is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Head Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mammoth Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mammoth Springs is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Springs
- Maywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From La Grange Park 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 village such as La Grange Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in La Grange Park and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from La Grange Park to Chicago, with an average speed<4> 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 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that La Grange Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- La Grange Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 La Grange Park 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 La Grange Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8307, Longitude: -87.8721 In this case, the coordinates for La Grange Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.595 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.506 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.699 degrees. |
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