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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 Arbury Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arbury Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Arbury Hills:
    • 41.535589, -87.847551
    • 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 Arbury Hills
  • 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 Will County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
    • Since Arbury Hills is near Cook County and also DuPage 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 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 Arbury Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arbury Hills ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alpine is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Brisbane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brisbane is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
  • Derby Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
  • Derby Meadows
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
  • Doctor Parker Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Doctor Parker Place is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Parker Place
  • Homer Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
    • Homer Glen has also been known as:
    • Homer Glen village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
  • Lincolnwood Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincolnwood Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnwood Hills
  • Marley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Marley is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
  • Meadowview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pebble Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Rolling Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rolling Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Glen
    • Spaniel Woods
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spaniel Woods is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaniel Woods
    • Spring Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Thunder Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Thunder Ridge is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunder Ridge
    • Twin Lakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

How Far From Arbury Hills 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 Arbury Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arbury Hills and extending to:

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Arbury Hills to Joliet, 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.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 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- Arbury Hills) 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 Arbury Hills 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 Arbury Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5356, Longitude: -87.8476       In this case, the coordinates for Arbury Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.579 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.446 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.772 degrees.