Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Southgate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southgate and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Southgate
- 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 Southgate:
- 41.891696, -89.064262
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Southgate
- 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 Ogle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ogle County
- Since Southgate is near Lee County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Southgate ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Southgate.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Southgate.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Southgate is located in Dougherty County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Southgate.
- Hall County
- This Southgate is located in Hall County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km] to the south southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Southgate.
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Southgate is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Southgate.
- Saint Mary's County
- This Southgate is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Southgate.
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- This Southgate is located in Craven County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Southgate.
- Wake County
- This Southgate is located in Wake County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Southgate.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Southgate lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Southgate is located in Lexington County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Southgate.
- Sumter County
- This Southgate is located in Sumter County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the southeast of the Southgate that is located in Ogle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Southgate.
- Virginia
- Washington
- Pierce 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 Washington community of Southgate [Pierce County].
- Thurston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Southgate [Thurston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southgate ...
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.
- Flagg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Flagg Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flagg Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Center
- Flagg Center is located in Ogle County
- Hickory Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Ogle County
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Kings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Lee is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <5>
- Malta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Malta is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malta <5>
- Twelvemile Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelvemile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
- Twelvemile Corner is located in Lee County
How Far From Southgate 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 Southgate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southgate and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Ogle County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Southgate to Oregon, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southgate. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ogle County: www.oglecounty.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 Southgate 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southgate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southgate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8917, Longitude: -89.0643 In this case, the coordinates for Southgate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Southgate to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.39 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.422 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.275 degrees. |