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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 Freeland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freeland Park 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 Freeland Park:
- 40.614383, -87.490855
- 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 Freeland Park
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Freeland Park is near Iroquois County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Freeland Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Freeland Park ...
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.
- Chase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fowler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Free
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Free is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free
- Goodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Handy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Handy is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Heaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heaton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hooker Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker Corner is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Corner
- Kentland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction
How Far From Freeland Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Freeland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Freeland Park and extending to:
- Fowler, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Freeland Park to Fowler, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the east (E). 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 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Freeland Park) 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 Freeland Park 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 Freeland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6144, Longitude: -87.4909 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.343 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.046 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.858 degrees. |
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