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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 Mount Greenwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Greenwood 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 Mount Greenwood:
- 41.698089, -87.708662
- 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 Mount Greenwood
- 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 Mount Greenwood is near Lake County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Mount Greenwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Greenwood ...
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.
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beverly is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Evergreen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gage Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Grand Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hickory Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hometown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Honeymoon Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
- Italian Bowery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Pierces Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pierces Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Park
- Poverty Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poverty Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
- Robbins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roseland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Worth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Mount Greenwood 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 Mount Greenwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Greenwood and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Greenwood to Chicago, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 166 miles [267.2 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 593 miles [954.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mount Greenwood 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 Mount Greenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6981, Longitude: -87.7087 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Greenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.487 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.657 degrees. |
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