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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 York Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to York Center 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 York Center:
- 41.856974, -87.987842
- 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 York Center
- 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 York Center 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 York Center
Communities Also Named York Center ...
We found seven communities that are also named York Center.
Within Illinois, the name York Center is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie County
- This York Center is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west of the York Center that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of York Center.
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of York Center [Bourbon County].
- Maine
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of York Center [York County].
- New York
- Livingston County
- This York Center is located in Livingston County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east of the York Center that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of York Center.
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Fulton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of York Center.
- Union County
- This York Center is located in Union County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the east southeast of the York Center that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of York Center.
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This York Center is located in Dane County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the north northwest of the York Center that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of York Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near York Center ...
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)
- Churchville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Downers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flowerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flowerfield is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowerfield
- Fullersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mammoth Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mammoth Springs is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Springs
- Saddlewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saddlewood is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Stone Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swift
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Willowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From York Center 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 York Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in York Center 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]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from York Center to Springfield, with an average speed<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- York Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 York Center 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. |
| <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 York Center, 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 York Center 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 York Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8570, Longitude: -87.9878 In this case, the coordinates for York Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.672 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.597 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.749 degrees. |
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