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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 West Brooklyn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Brooklyn 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 West Brooklyn:
- 41.692802, -89.147303
- 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 West Brooklyn
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since West Brooklyn is near La Salle County and also Bureau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau 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 West Brooklyn
Communities Also Named West Brooklyn ...
We found three communities that are also named West Brooklyn.
Within Illinois, the name West Brooklyn is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Kings 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 West Brooklyn [Kings County].
- Nova Scotia
- This West Brooklyn lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the West Brooklyn that is located in Lee County.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Belmont County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of West Brooklyn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Brooklyn ...
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.
- Amboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Earlville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Paw Paw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Inlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Inlet is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maytown is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Paw Paw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peterstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peterstown is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterstown
- Sublette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Twelvemile Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twelvemile Corner is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
How Far From West Brooklyn 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 village such as West Brooklyn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Brooklyn and extending to:
- Dixon, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Brooklyn to Dixon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West Brooklyn 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Brooklyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 West Brooklyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 West Brooklyn 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 West Brooklyn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6928, Longitude: -89.1473 In this case, the coordinates for West Brooklyn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.445 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.457 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.371 degrees. |
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