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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 Stockdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stockdale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stockdale:
    • 41.351143, -88.492569
    • 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 Stockdale
  • 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 Grundy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
    • Since Stockdale is near La Salle County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Stockdale

Communities Also Named Stockdale ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Stockdale.

Within Illinois, the name Stockdale is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Stockdale is located in Talladega County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Stockdale.
    • California
      • Kern 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 California community of Stockdale [Kern County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Stockdale is located in New Castle County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the east of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Stockdale.
    • Indiana
      • Wabash County
      • This Stockdale is located in Wabash County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Stockdale.
    • Kansas
      • Riley 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 Kansas community of Stockdale [Riley County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock 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 Mississippi community of Stockdale [Hancock County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stockdale [Clay County].
    • Ohio
      • Pike County
      • This Stockdale is located in Pike County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Stockdale.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Stockdale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Stockdale is located in Washington County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the east of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Stockdale.
    • Texas
      • Wilson County
      • This Stockdale is located in Wilson County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stockdale that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Stockdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stockdale ...

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.

  • Carbon Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
  • Central
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Central is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Claypool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Claypool is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
  • Divine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Divine is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine
  • Fields of Saratoga
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fields of Saratoga is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields of Saratoga
  • Gaslight Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
  • Heatherfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heatherfield is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
  • Lisbon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Pebble Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
  • Sand Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
  • White Willow ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • White Willow is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
  • Willow Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Willow Ridge is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stockdale and extending to:

  • Morris, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Stockdale to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stockdale) 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 Stockdale 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stockdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Stockdale 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 Stockdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3511, Longitude: -88.4926       In this case, the coordinates for Stockdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.007 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.908 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.141 degrees.