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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 Waddams Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waddams Grove 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 Waddams Grove:
- 42.417512, -89.884289
- 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 Waddams Grove
- 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 Stephenson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephenson County
- Since Waddams Grove is near Jo Daviess County and also Green County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green 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 Waddams Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waddams Grove ...
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.
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Martintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martintown is located in Green County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Pearl City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pitcherville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pitcherville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcherville
- Red Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sweet Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sweet Home is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Willow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Yellow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
How Far From Waddams Grove 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 Waddams Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waddams Grove and extending to:
- Freeport, which is the Seat of Stephenson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Waddams Grove to Freeport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south (S). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 714 miles [1,149.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Waddams Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Waddams Grove 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 Waddams Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4175, Longitude: -89.8843 In this case, the coordinates for Waddams Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.945 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.129 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.545 degrees. |
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