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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 The Landings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Landings 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 The Landings:
- 42.138636, -88.402584
- 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 The Landings
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since The Landings is near McHenry County and also Cook 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 Cook 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 The Landings
Communities Also Named The Landings ...
We found five communities that are also named The Landings.
Within Illinois, the name The Landings is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This The Landings is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the The Landings that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of The Landings.
- Florida
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of The Landings [Lee County].
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This The Landings is located in Chatham County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the The Landings that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of The Landings.
- Gwinnett County
- This The Landings is located in Gwinnett County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km] to the south southeast of the The Landings that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of The Landings.
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- This The Landings is located in Williamson County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the south of the The Landings that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of The Landings.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Landings ...
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.
- Carpentersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crystal Gardens is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Gardens
- Crystal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crystal Vista is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Vista
- Freeman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hidden Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hill
- Hidden Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hidden Lakes is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Illinois Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Park
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plato Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Starks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Wildwood Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Valley is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Valley
How Far From The Landings 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 The Landings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Landings and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from The Landings to Geneva, with an average speed<4> 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Landings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 The Landings 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. |
| <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 The Landings 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 The Landings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1386, Longitude: -88.4026 In this case, the coordinates for The Landings have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.947 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.875 degrees. |
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