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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 LeClaire Courts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to LeClaire Courts 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 LeClaire Courts:
- 41.815866, -87.743944
- 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 LeClaire Courts
- 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 LeClaire Courts 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 LeClaire Courts
Curious and Interesting Names Near LeClaire Courts ...
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.
- Archer Limits
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Back of the Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Clearing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Ducktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Forest View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Locks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locks is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- New City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Patch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Patch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Whiskey Row
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row
How Far From LeClaire Courts 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 LeClaire Courts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in LeClaire Courts and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from LeClaire Courts to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 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- LeClaire Courts) 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 LeClaire Courts 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 LeClaire Courts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8159, Longitude: -87.7439 In this case, the coordinates for LeClaire Courts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.51 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.64 degrees. |
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