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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 Palm Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach:
- 42.376688, -88.197308
- 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 Palm Beach
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Palm Beach is near McHenry County and also Kenosha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha 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 Palm Beach
Communities Also Named Palm Beach ...
We found three communities that are also named Palm Beach.
Within Illinois, the name Palm Beach is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Santa Cruz 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 California community of Palm Beach [Santa Cruz County].
- Florida
- Palm Beach County
- This Palm Beach is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Palm Beach that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Palm Beach.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Palm Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palm Beach ...
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.
- Emerald Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Park is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Park
- Ferndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Fox Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Lake Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Grass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Holiday Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Johnsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kings Island
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kings Island is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Island
- Long Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Lotus Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lotus Woods is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Woods
- Riverstream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverstream is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverstream
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Round Lake Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Round Lake Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Palm Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Palm Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palm Beach and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Palm Beach to Waukegan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 631 miles [1,015.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 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 Palm Beach 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- Palm Beach) 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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3767, Longitude: -88.1973 In this case, the coordinates for Palm Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.809 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.703 degrees. |
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