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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 Belshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belshaw 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 Belshaw:
- 41.256424, -87.453368
- 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 Belshaw
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Belshaw is near Kankakee County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Belshaw
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belshaw ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Eagle Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Lake is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Garden of Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden of Eden is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Log Cabin Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Log Cabin Camp is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Camp
- Orchard Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Polk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Range Line
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Range Line is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Line
- River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Shadow Lawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Lawn is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lawn
- Shady Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Lawn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lawn
How Far From Belshaw to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belshaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belshaw and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belshaw to Crown Point, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 573 miles [922.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belshaw) 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 Belshaw 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 Belshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2564, Longitude: -87.4534 In this case, the coordinates for Belshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.319 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.11 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.658 degrees. |
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