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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 Symerton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Symerton 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 Symerton:
- 41.328421, -88.055363
- 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 Symerton
- 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 Will County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
- Since Symerton is near Kankakee County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Symerton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Symerton ...
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.
- Birds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birds is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds
- Braidwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cherry Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coal City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Divine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Divine is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine
- Eileen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eileen is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Flickerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flickerville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
- Michigan Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Michigan Beach is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Beach
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oak Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Resthaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Resthaven is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven
- Rock Run Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Park
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Springwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Springwood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Symerton 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 village such as Symerton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Symerton and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Symerton to Joliet, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 135 miles [217.3 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Symerton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Symerton 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 Symerton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3284, Longitude: -88.0554 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.717 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.574 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.932 degrees. |
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