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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 Villa Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villa Park 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 Villa Park:
- 41.886354, -87.977979
- 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 Villa Park
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Since Villa Park is near Cook County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Villa Park
Communities Also Named Villa Park ...
We found three communities that are also named Villa Park.
Within Illinois, the name Villa Park is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Orange County
- This Villa Park is located in Orange County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km]<1> to the west of the Villa Park that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Villa Park.
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Villa Park is located in Monmouth County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the east of the Villa Park that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Villa Park.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Villa Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<1> to the west of the Villa Park that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Villa Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa Park ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Churchville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Downers Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flowerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flowerfield is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowerfield
- Fullersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mammoth Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mammoth Springs is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Springs
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saddlewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saddlewood is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Stone Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Swift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
How Far From Villa Park 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 Villa Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Villa Park and extending to:
- Wheaton, which is the Seat of DuPage County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Villa Park to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 610 miles [981.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Villa Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Villa Park 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 Villa Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8864, Longitude: -87.9780 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.665 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.594 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.736 degrees. |
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