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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 Cherry Hill Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Hill Estates 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 Cherry Hill Estates:
    • 38.428936, -87.762806
    • 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 Cherry Hill Estates
  • 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 Wabash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wabash County
    • Since Cherry Hill Estates is near Gibson County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Cherry Hill Estates

Communities Also Named Cherry Hill Estates ...

We found five communities that are also named Cherry Hill Estates.

Within Illinois, the name Cherry Hill Estates is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Cherry Hill Estates is located in Camden County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherry Hill Estates that is located in Wabash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Cherry Hill Estates.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Cherry Hill Estates is located in Beaufort County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cherry Hill Estates that is located in Wabash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Cherry Hill Estates.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Cherry Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cherry Hill Estates that is located in Wabash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Cherry Hill Estates.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Cherry Hill Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherry Hill Estates that is located in Wabash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Cherry Hill Estates.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Cherry Hill Estates is located in Stafford County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the east of the Cherry Hill Estates that is located in Wabash County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Cherry Hill Estates.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Hill Estates ...

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.

  • Bone Gap
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Crawleyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Crawleyville is located in Gibson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawleyville
  • Decker Chapel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Decker Chapel is located in Knox County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Chapel
  • Friendsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendsville is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
  • Hickory Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Gibson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Jimtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jimtown is located in Gibson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Little Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Rock is located in Knox County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Lyles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyles is located in Gibson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
  • Maud
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maud is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
  • Sand Barrens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sand Barrens is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Barrens
  • Twin Bridges
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Bridges is located in Knox County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges

How Far From Cherry Hill Estates 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 Cherry Hill Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherry Hill Estates and extending to:

  • Mount Carmel, which is the Seat of Wabash County, lies just to the South.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Hill Estates 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 578 miles [930.2 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 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Cherry Hill Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cherry Hill Estates 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 Cherry Hill Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4289, Longitude: -87.7628       In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Hill Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.487 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.904 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.566 degrees.