Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Moreland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moreland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Moreland
- 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 Moreland:
- 41.890462, -87.745644
- 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 Moreland
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Moreland is near DuPage County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Moreland ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Moreland.
Within Illinois, the name Moreland is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Moreland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Moreland.
- Rapides Parish
- This Moreland is located in Rapides Parish and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the south southwest of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Moreland.
- New York
- Ohio
- Stark County
- This Moreland is located in Stark County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the east of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Moreland.
- Wayne County
- This Moreland is located in Wayne County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east southeast of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Moreland.
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Moreland lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Moreland is located in Berkeley County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Moreland.
- Charleston County
- This Moreland is located in Charleston County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the southeast of the Moreland that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Moreland.
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moreland ...
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.
- Bricktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Cook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Park <5>
- Galewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Grayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Humboldt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Humboldt Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Park
- Humboldt Park is located in Cook County
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Maplewood Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood Courts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Courts
- Maplewood Courts is located in Cook County
- Martin Luther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Luther have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Luther
- Martin Luther is located in Cook County
- Portage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Park
- Portage Park is located in Cook County
- Six Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Six Corners is located in Cook County
- Whiskey Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiskey Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Point
- Whiskey Point is located in Cook County
How Far From Moreland 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 Moreland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moreland and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Moreland to Springfield, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moreland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.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- Moreland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moreland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8905, Longitude: -87.7456 In this case, the coordinates for Moreland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Moreland, 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 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 Moreland 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Moreland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.511 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.418 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.619 degrees. |