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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 Lake Villa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Villa 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 Lake Villa:
- 42.416844, -88.076775
- 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 Lake Villa
- 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 Lake Villa is near Kenosha County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry 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 Lake Villa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Villa ...
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.
- Channel Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Fox Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Lake Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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 northwest)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Grayslake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Kings Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Island is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Island
- Lake Catherine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Long Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Loon Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Lotus Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lotus Woods is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Woods
- Old Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Round Lake Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Round Lake Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Third Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Venetian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
How Far From Lake Villa 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 Lake Villa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Villa and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Villa to Waukegan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 199 miles [320.3 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 626 miles [1,007.4 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 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 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' (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- Lake Villa) 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 Lake Villa 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 Lake Villa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4168, Longitude: -88.0768 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.728 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.631 degrees. |
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