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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 Stickney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stickney 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 Stickney:
- 41.818329, -87.772987
- 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 Stickney
- 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 Stickney is near DuPage County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Stickney
Communities Also Named Stickney ...
We found seven communities that are also named Stickney.
Within Illinois, the name Stickney is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton County
- This Stickney is located in Barton County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Stickney.
- Missouri
- Maries County
- This Stickney is located in Maries County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Stickney.
- New Brunswick
- This Stickney lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- Ohio
- Lucas 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 Ohio community of Stickney [Lucas County].
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- This Stickney is located in McKean County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the east of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Stickney.
- South Dakota
- Aurora County
- This Stickney is located in Aurora County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aurora County community of Stickney.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Stickney is located in Raleigh County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stickney that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Stickney.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stickney ...
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.
- Archer Limits
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Clearing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Clyde
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clyde is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Lyons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McCook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
How Far From Stickney 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 village such as Stickney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stickney and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Stickney to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 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 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stickney) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stickney 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 Stickney 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 Stickney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8183, Longitude: -87.7730 In this case, the coordinates for Stickney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.529 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.429 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.654 degrees. |
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