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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 Boulder Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boulder Hill 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 Boulder Hill:
- 41.712530, -88.336182
- 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 Boulder Hill
- 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 Kendall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall County
- Since Boulder Hill is near Kane County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane 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 Boulder Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boulder Hill ...
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.
- Aurora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Champion Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Champion Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
- Countryside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Exposition View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Exposition View is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exposition View
- Harvest Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
- Heatherstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heatherstone is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Heritage Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- Heritage West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heritage West is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage West
- High Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- High Meadow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
- Hunters Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Marywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marywood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
- Mooseheart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Normantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plantation is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Prairie Ponds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
- Randall Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Randall Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Hills
- Saddle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saddle Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
- South Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Stillwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stillwater is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner Woods is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Woods
- Wheatland Highlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
- Wheatland Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
- Wolf Creek Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island
- Woodlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodlake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Boulder Hill 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 Boulder Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boulder Hill and extending to:
- Yorkville, which is the Seat of Kendall County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Boulder Hill to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boulder Hill) 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 Boulder Hill 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 Boulder Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7125, Longitude: -88.3362 In this case, the coordinates for Boulder Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.904 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.963 degrees. |
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