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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 Tamara Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tamara Heights 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 Tamara Heights:
- 42.002804, -88.431192
- 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 Tamara Heights
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Tamara Heights is near McHenry County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Tamara Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamara Heights ...
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.
- Burning Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burning Tree is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree
- Deer Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Run is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Empire Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Empire Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Hills
- Fair Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Oaks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Far View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Far View is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far View
- Foxfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Foxfield is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Hedgerow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hedgerow is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgerow
- Hidden Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Hill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hill
- Hidden Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hidden Lakes is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
- Homeward Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homeward Hill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeward Hill
- Indian Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Kings Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Mill is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mary Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mary Meadows is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Meadows
- Plato Center
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plato Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plato Corners is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato Corners
- Silent Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silent Meadow is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Meadow
How Far From Tamara Heights 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 Tamara Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tamara Heights and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tamara Heights to Geneva, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 635 miles [1,021.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tamara Heights) 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 Tamara Heights 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 Tamara Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0028, Longitude: -88.4312 In this case, the coordinates for Tamara Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.967 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.928 degrees. |
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