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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 South Branch Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Branch Addition and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for South Branch Addition
  • 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 South Branch Addition:
    • 41.850311, -87.641163
    • 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 South Branch Addition
  • 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 South Branch Addition 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 South Branch Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Branch Addition ...

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.

  • Bronzeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bronzeville is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronzeville
  • Chinatown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chinatown is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
  • Ducktown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ducktown is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
  • Film Row
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Film Row is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Film Row
  • Fuller Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fuller Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Park
  • Grand Boulevard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Boulevard is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Boulevard
  • Grant Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grant Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Harbor Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harbor Square is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Square
  • Lake Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lake Meadows is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meadows
  • Locks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Locks is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • New Patch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • New Patch is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Park Row
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Park Row is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Row
    • Prairie Courts
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Prairie Courts is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Courts
    • Prairie Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Prairie Shores is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Shores
    • Swede Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Swede Town is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Town
    • Whiskey Row
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row

How Far From South Branch Addition to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Branch Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Branch Addition 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 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from South Branch Addition to Springfield, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over 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 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- South Branch Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 South Branch Addition 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 South Branch Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8503, Longitude: -87.6412       In this case, the coordinates for South Branch Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.441 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.334 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.579 degrees.