Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lincolnshire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lincolnshire and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lincolnshire
- 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 Lincolnshire:
- 42.196069, -87.917966
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lincolnshire
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Lincolnshire is near Cook County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lincolnshire ...
We found nine communities that share the name Lincolnshire.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Lincolnshire.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Will County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Will County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Lincolnshire.
- Will County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Allen County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Lincolnshire.
- Elkhart 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 Indiana community of Lincolnshire [Elkhart County].
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lincolnshire [Grant County].
- Vigo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lincolnshire [Vigo County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Jefferson County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lincolnshire.
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Erie County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Lincolnshire.
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Richland County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lincolnshire.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Lincolnshire is located in Wood County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lincolnshire.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lincolnshire ...
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.
- Buffalo Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Grove <4>
- Deerpath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Everett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Half Day
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Kennedy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Long Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove
- Long Grove is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Grove <4>
- Melody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Prairie View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Regency Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Riverwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwoods
- Riverwoods is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverwoods <4>
- Sanders Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Sanders Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
- Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
How Far From Lincolnshire to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Lincolnshire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lincolnshire and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lincolnshire to Waukegan, with an average speed<5> 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 189 miles [304.2 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 614 miles [988.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,177 miles [9,940.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lincolnshire: www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/
The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lincolnshire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lincolnshire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1961, Longitude: -87.9180 In this case, the coordinates for Lincolnshire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lincolnshire 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lincolnshire to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.623 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.59 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.616 degrees. |