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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 Lindenhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst:
- 42.419068, -88.027213
- 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 Lindenhurst
- 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 Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst
Communities Also Named Lindenhurst ...
We found two communities that are also named Lindenhurst.
Within Illinois, the name Lindenhurst is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the east of the Lindenhurst that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Lindenhurst.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Lindenhurst [Bucks County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lindenhurst ...
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.
- Fox Lake Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Gages Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Grayslake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harris Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Idlewild
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Idlewild is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lake Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Loon Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Old Mill Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pikeville is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Round Lake Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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- Round Lake Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Third Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Venetian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lindenhurst and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lindenhurst to Waukegan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 200 miles [321.9 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 624 miles [1,004.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Lindenhurst) 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 Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4191, Longitude: -88.0272 In this case, the coordinates for Lindenhurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.695 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.703 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.606 degrees. |
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