Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Towertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Towertown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Towertown

• 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 Towertown:
  • 41.896422, -87.630608
  • 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 Towertown

• 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
  • Since Towertown is near DuPage County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Towertown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Towertown ...

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.

• Fifty Acres
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fifty Acres is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Acres
• Film Row
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Film Row is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Film Row
• Gold Coast
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gold Coast is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Coast
• Harbor Square
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Harbor Square is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Square
• Lincoln Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lincoln Park is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
• Little Hell
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Little Hell is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hell
• Little Sicily
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Little Sicily is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sicily
• Park Row
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Park Row is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Row
• Shantytown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Shantytown is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
• Streeterville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Streeterville is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeterville
• Swede Town
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Swede Town is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Town

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Towertown and extending to:

• Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Towertown to Springfield, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 593 miles [954.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'