Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lynwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lynwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lynwood
- 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 Lynwood:
- 41.683641, -88.393683
- 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 Lynwood
- 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 Kendall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kendall County
- Since Lynwood is near Kane County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kane County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lynwood ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Lynwood.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Lynwood.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Lynwood is located in Aiken County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lynwood that is located in Kendall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Lynwood.
- Spartanburg County
- This Lynwood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the southeast of the Lynwood that is located in Kendall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Lynwood.
- Virginia
- Prince William 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 Virginia community of Lynwood [Prince William County].
- Stafford County
- This Lynwood is located in Stafford County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lynwood that is located in Kendall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Lynwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lynwood ...
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.
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Kane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196,383 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <4>
- Boulder Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Countryside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Countryside is located in Kendall County
- Exposition View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exposition View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exposition View
- Exposition View is located in Kane County
- Fox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Hunters Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Hunters Ridge is located in Will County
- Knob Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Normantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Normantown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Pavillion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Prairie Ponds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Ponds have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
- Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
- South Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- South Park is located in Kane County
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Kane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,884 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Grove <4>
- Tanner Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanner Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Woods
- Tanner Woods is located in Kane County
- Wheatland Highlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
- Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
- Wheatland Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
- Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
- Prairie Ponds
How Far From Lynwood 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 Lynwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lynwood and extending to:
- Yorkville, which is the Seat of Kendall County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lynwood to Springfield, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lynwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kendall County: www.co.kendall.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lynwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lynwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6836, Longitude: -88.3937 In this case, the coordinates for Lynwood 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 Lynwood 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> | 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 Lynwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lynwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.942 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.881 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.999 degrees. |