Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tamarack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tamarack and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tamarack
- 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 Tamarack:
- 41.650863, -88.252845
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tamarack
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Will County
- Since Tamarack is near Kendall County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kendall County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tamarack ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Tamarack.
Within Illinois, the name Tamarack is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Tamarack lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Will County.
- California
- Calaveras County
- This Tamarack is located in Calaveras County and lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<1> to the west of the Tamarack that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Tamarack.
- Nevada 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 Tamarack [Nevada County].
- Placer 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 California community of Tamarack [Placer County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- This Tamarack is located in Gogebic County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the north of the Tamarack that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Tamarack.
- Houghton County
- This Tamarack is located in Houghton County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the north of the Tamarack that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Tamarack.
- Minnesota
- Montana
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamarack ...
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.
- Champion Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
- Champion Creek is located in Will County
- Harvest Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
- Harvest Glen is located in Will County
- Heritage Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
- High Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
- High Meadow is located in Will County
- Liberty Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Liberty Grove is located in Will County
- Normantown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normantown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Plantation is located in Will County
- Prairie Ponds
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Ponds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
- Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Saddle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
- Saddle Creek is located in Will County
- Wheatland Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
- Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
- Wheatland Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
- Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
- Wolf Creek Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island
- Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
How Far From Tamarack 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 Tamarack to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tamarack and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tamarack to Joliet, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 620 miles [997.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tamarack. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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- Tamarack) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tamarack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6509, Longitude: -88.2528 In this case, the coordinates for Tamarack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Tamarack 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 Tamarack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tamarack to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.848 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.77 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.939 degrees. |