Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mooseheart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooseheart and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mooseheart

• 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 Mooseheart:
  • 41.823918, -88.334796
  • 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 Mooseheart

• 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 Mooseheart is near DuPage County and also Kendall 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 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 Mooseheart

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooseheart ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Aurora is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 196,383 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <1>
• Exposition View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Exposition View is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exposition View
• Geneva
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Geneva is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,674 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <1>
• Heaton Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Heaton Park is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Park
• Heritage West
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Heritage West is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage West
• Marywood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Marywood is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
• Randall Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Randall Hills is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Hills
• Spring Green
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Green is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
• Tanglewood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Tanglewood is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
• Tanner Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tanner Woods is located in Kane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Woods

How Far From Mooseheart 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 Mooseheart to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mooseheart and extending to:

• Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mooseheart to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'