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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 Palos Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palos Park 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 Palos Park:
- 41.658302, -87.839906
- 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 Palos Park
- 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 Palos Park is near Will County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Palos Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palos Park ...
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.
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Bridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Dawn Wood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dawn Wood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
- Derby Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Derby Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
- Derby Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Derby Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
- Equestrian Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Equestrian Woods is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Woods
- Erin Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Erin Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
- Fox Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hazel Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Homer Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meadowview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Pebble Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Robbins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sag Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
- Spaniel Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spaniel Woods is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaniel Woods
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Worth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Palos Park 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 village such as Palos Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palos Park and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Palos Park to Chicago, with an average speed<3> 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 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palos Park) 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 Palos Park 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 Palos Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6583, Longitude: -87.8399 In this case, the coordinates for Palos Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.574 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.458 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.733 degrees. |
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