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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 Maple Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Park 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 Maple Park:
- 41.907128, -88.598152
- 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 Maple Park
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Maple Park is near DeKalb County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Maple Park
Communities Also Named Maple Park ...
We found four communities that are also named Maple Park.
Within Illinois, the name Maple Park is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- This Maple Park is located in Essex County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the east of the Maple Park that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Maple Park.
- Missouri
- Clay County
- This Maple Park is located in Clay County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Maple Park that is located in Kane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Maple Park.
- Ohio
- Warren 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 Ohio community of Maple Park [Warren County].
- Ontario
- This Maple Park lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Maple Park that is located in Kane County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Park ...
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.
- Big Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blackberry Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blackberry Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Woods
- Burning Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burning Tree is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree
- Deer Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Empire Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Empire Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Hills
- Fair Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fair Oaks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Far View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Far View is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far View
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Foxfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Foxfield is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Hedgerow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgerow is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgerow
- High Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- High Point is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Indian Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Kaneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kings Mill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Mary Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mary Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Meadows
- Native Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Native Prairie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Native Prairie
- Still Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Still Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Meadows
How Far From Maple Park 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 village such as Maple Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Park and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Maple Park to Geneva, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Maple Park) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Maple Park 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 Maple Park 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 Maple Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9071, Longitude: -88.5982 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.068 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.038 degrees. |
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