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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 North Englewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Englewood 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 North Englewood:
- 41.745867, -87.641716
- 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 North Englewood
- 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 North Englewood is near Lake County and also DuPage 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 DuPage 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 North Englewood
Communities Also Named North Englewood ...
We found one communities that are also named North Englewood.
Within Illinois, the name North Englewood is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named North Englewood in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of North Englewood [Prince George's County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Englewood ...
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.
- Back of the Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Evergreen Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forestville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Gage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Grand Boulevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Boulevard is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Boulevard
- Grand Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Hometown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Honeymoon Row
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
- Italian Bowery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
- Mexico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mount Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- New City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Pierces Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pierces Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Park
- Poverty Row
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poverty Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Stony Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From North Englewood 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 North Englewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in North Englewood and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the North.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from North Englewood to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 North Englewood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Englewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North Englewood 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 North Englewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7459, Longitude: -87.6417 In this case, the coordinates for North Englewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.32 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.61 degrees. |
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