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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 Mont Clare, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mont Clare 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 Mont Clare:
- 41.925309, -87.800893
- 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 Mont Clare
- 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 Mont Clare is near DuPage County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Mont Clare
Communities Also Named Mont Clare ...
We found three communities that are also named Mont Clare.
Within Illinois, the name Mont Clare is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mont Clare [Chester County].
- Montgomery County
- This Mont Clare is located in Montgomery County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the east of the Mont Clare that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mont Clare.
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- This Mont Clare is located in Darlington County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mont Clare that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Mont Clare.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mont Clare ...
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.
- California Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- California Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Park
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edison is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Galewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Galewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Grayland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
- Humboldt
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Humboldt is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Humboldt Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Humboldt Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Park
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Martin Luther
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Luther is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Luther
- Maywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Portage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Park
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Ravenswood Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenswood Gardens is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Gardens
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Six Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Six Corners is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Stone Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whiskey Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whiskey Point is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Point
How Far From Mont Clare 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 community such as Mont Clare to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mont Clare and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mont Clare to Chicago, 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 176 miles [283.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mont Clare 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mont Clare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mont Clare 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 Mont Clare. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9253, Longitude: -87.8009 In this case, the coordinates for Mont Clare have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.465 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.637 degrees. |
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