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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 Third Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Third Lake 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 Third Lake:
- 42.370921, -88.011663
- 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 Third Lake
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Third Lake is near Kenosha County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry 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 Third Lake
Communities Also Named Third Lake ...
We found one communities that are also named Third Lake.
Within Illinois, the name Third Lake is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Third Lake in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nova Scotia
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Third Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Third Lake ...
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.
- Bushs Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bushs Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushs Corners
- Gages Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grayslake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Idlewild
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Idlewild is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lake Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Long Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Old Mill Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Round Lake Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Round Lake Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Venetian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Venetian Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Third Lake 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 Third Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Third Lake and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Third Lake to Waukegan, with an average speed<4> 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 198 miles [318.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 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 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Third Lake 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Third Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Third Lake 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 Third Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3709, Longitude: -88.0117 In this case, the coordinates for Third Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.685 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.685 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.612 degrees. |
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