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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 Lake Dalecarlia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Dalecarlia 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 Lake Dalecarlia:
- 41.330031, -87.398405
- 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 Lake Dalecarlia
- 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 Lake Dalecarlia is near Porter County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Porter 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 Lake Dalecarlia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Dalecarlia ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Crown Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle Lake is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Orchard Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Range Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Range Line is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Line
- Shady Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Lawn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lawn
How Far From Lake Dalecarlia 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 Lake Dalecarlia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Dalecarlia and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Dalecarlia to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 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 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 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 from Point A (ie- Lake Dalecarlia) 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 Lake Dalecarlia 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 Lake Dalecarlia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3300, Longitude: -87.3984 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.079 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.61 degrees. |
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