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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 Winthrop Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winthrop Village 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 Winthrop Village:
- 42.085582, -88.037295
- 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 Winthrop Village
- 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 Winthrop Village is near Lake County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Winthrop Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winthrop Village ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Bishops Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bishops Ridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Ridge
- Buffalo Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creekside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Creekside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Deer Chase
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Chase is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Chase
- Deer Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Grove Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hidden Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hidden Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Long Grove Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Grove Valley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove Valley
- Park Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pepper Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pepper Tree is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
- Ponds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ponds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds
- Quentin Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quentin Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quentin Corners
- Ravens Wing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ravens Wing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravens Wing
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Squires
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Squires is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Staples Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Staples Corner is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples Corner
- Tall Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tall Oaks is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Tall Trees
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tall Trees is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Trees
How Far From Winthrop Village 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 Winthrop Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Winthrop Village and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winthrop Village to Chicago, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winthrop Village) 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 Winthrop Village 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 Winthrop Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0856, Longitude: -88.0373 In this case, the coordinates for Winthrop Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.704 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.666 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.708 degrees. |
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