Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sherburnville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherburnville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sherburnville

• 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 Sherburnville:
  • 41.228943, -87.544769
  • 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 Sherburnville

• 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
  • Since Sherburnville 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 Sherburnville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherburnville ...

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.

• Claus
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Claus is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claus
• Cook
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cook is located in Lake County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
• Eagle Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Lake is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
• Garden of Eden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Garden of Eden is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
• Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lake is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
• Lake Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Village is located in Newton County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
• Log Cabin Camp
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Log Cabin Camp is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Camp
• Orchard Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Orchard Grove is located in Lake County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
• Polk
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Polk is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
• River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • River is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
• Shadow Lawn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shadow Lawn is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lawn

How Far From Sherburnville 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 Sherburnville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sherburnville and extending to:

• Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sherburnville to Kankakee, with an average speed<2> 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 149 miles [239.8 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'