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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 Lincoln Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lincoln Square 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 Lincoln Square:
- 41.975865, -87.689224
- 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 Lincoln Square
- 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 Lincoln Square is near DuPage County and also Lake 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 Lake 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 Lincoln Square
Communities Also Named Lincoln Square ...
We found two communities that are also named Lincoln Square.
Within Illinois, the name Lincoln Square is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Lincoln Square is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lincoln Square that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Lincoln Square.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Lincoln Square [Worcester County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lincoln Square ...
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.
- Bricktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bricktown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricktown
- California Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- California Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Park
- Cedar Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Lawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Lincolnwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenswood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ravenswood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Ravenswood Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ravenswood Gardens is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Gardens
- Ravenswood Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ravenswood Place is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Place
- Rogers Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Park
- Summerdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summerdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Swedentown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swedentown is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedentown
How Far From Lincoln Square 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 Lincoln Square to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Lincoln Square once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lincoln Square and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lincoln Square to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lincoln Square) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lincoln Square 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lincoln Square, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lincoln Square 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 Lincoln Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9759, Longitude: -87.6892 In this case, the coordinates for Lincoln Square have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.473 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.387 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.566 degrees. |
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