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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 Chester Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chester Highlands 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 Chester Highlands:
- 41.746978, -87.646438
- 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 Chester Highlands
- 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Chester Highlands is near Lake County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Chester Highlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chester Highlands ...
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.
- Back of the Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Evergreen Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forestville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fuller Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fuller Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Park
- Gage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Grand Boulevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Boulevard is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Boulevard
- Grand Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Hometown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Honeymoon Row
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honeymoon Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeymoon Row
- Italian Bowery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mount Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- New City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Patch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Patch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
- Pierces Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pierces Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Park
- Poverty Row
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poverty Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Stony Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Chester Highlands 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 Chester Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chester Highlands and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the North.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chester Highlands to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 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' (or 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- Chester Highlands) 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 Chester Highlands 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 Chester Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7470, Longitude: -87.6464 In this case, the coordinates for Chester Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.445 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.324 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.612 degrees. |
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