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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 Markham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Markham 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 Markham:
- 41.600007, -87.691128
- 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 Markham
- 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 Markham is near Will County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Markham
Communities Also Named Markham ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Markham.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Markham.
Beyond Illinois, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Morgan County
- This Markham is located in Morgan County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Markham.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sonoma County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Sonoma County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Markham.
- Florida
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Markham [Orange County].
- Seminole County
- This Markham is located in Seminole County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Markham.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Markham is located in Saint Louis County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Markham.
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This Markham is located in Sunflower County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Markham.
- Oklahoma
- Creek County
- This Markham is located in Creek County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Markham.
- Ontario
- This Markham lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Markham is located in Delaware County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the east of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Markham.
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Markham [Warren County].
- Tennessee
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Markham [Lake County].
- Texas
- Matagorda County
- This Markham is located in Matagorda County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Markham.
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Markham is located in Fauquier County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Markham.
- Pittsylvania County
- This Markham is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the southeast of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Markham.
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Markham is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,815 miles [2,921 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Markham that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Markham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Markham ...
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.
- Flossmoor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Globe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harvey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hazel Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Homewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Honeymoon Row
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
- Indian Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Mount Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Park Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robbins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Worth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Markham 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 city such as Markham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Markham and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Markham to Chicago, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Markham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Markham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Markham 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. |
| <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 Markham 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 Markham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6000, Longitude: -87.6911 In this case, the coordinates for Markham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.476 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.337 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.676 degrees. |
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