Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Utopia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Utopia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Utopia
- 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 Utopia:
- 41.851093, -87.972519
- 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 Utopia
- 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 DuPage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Since Utopia is near Cook County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- eBird sighting report for Will 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 Utopia ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Utopia.
Within Illinois, the name Utopia is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Utopia is located in Broward County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Utopia that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Utopia.
- Sarasota County
- This Utopia is located in Sarasota County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km] to the south southeast of the Utopia that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Utopia.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- New Brunswick
- This Utopia lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Utopia that is located in DuPage County.
- New York
- Allegany County
- 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 New York community of Utopia [Allegany County].
- Queens County
- This Utopia is located in Queens County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<2> to the east of the Utopia that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Utopia.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Utopia lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Utopia that is located in DuPage County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Utopia ...
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.
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Churchville is located in DuPage County
- Downers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers Grove
- Downers Grove is located in DuPage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,727 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downers Grove <5>
- Flowerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowerfield
- Flowerfield is located in DuPage County
- Fullersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hillside is located in Cook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,785 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillside <5>
- Indian Head Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Lace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Mammoth Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mammoth Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Springs
- Mammoth Springs is located in DuPage County
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Maywood is located in Cook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maywood <5>
- Saddlewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Saddlewood is located in DuPage County
- Stone Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
- Stone Park is located in Cook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stone Park <5>
- Swift
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Willowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in DuPage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willowbrook <5>
How Far From Utopia 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 Utopia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Utopia and extending to:
- Wheaton, which is the Seat of DuPage County, lies just to the West.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Utopia to Springfield, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 609 miles [980.1 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Utopia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for DuPage County: www.dupageco.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Utopia 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> | 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- Utopia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Utopia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8511, Longitude: -87.9725 |
| <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 Utopia, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Utopia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.661 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.585 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.743 degrees. |