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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 Southmoor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southmoor 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 Southmoor:
- 41.652533, -87.829776
- 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 Southmoor
- 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 Southmoor 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 Southmoor
Communities Also Named Southmoor ...
We found two communities that are also named Southmoor.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Southmoor.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Southmoor in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Madison County
- This Southmoor is located in Madison County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Southmoor that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Southmoor.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Southmoor [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southmoor ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Dawn Wood
(6 miles [9.7 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 west)
- Derby Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
- Derby Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Derby Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
- Equestrian Woods
(5 miles [8 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
(6 miles [9.7 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 northeast)
- 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 <3>
- Continue List (11 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
- Mount Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Pebble Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Southmoor 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 Southmoor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southmoor and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Southmoor to Chicago, 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 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southmoor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Southmoor 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. |
| <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 Southmoor 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 Southmoor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6525, Longitude: -87.8298 In this case, the coordinates for Southmoor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.449 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.729 degrees. |
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