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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 Crest Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crest Estates 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 Crest Estates:
- 41.562500, -88.145000
- 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 Crest 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 Will County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
- Since Crest Estates is near Cook County and also Grundy 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 Grundy 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 Crest Estates
Communities Also Named Crest Estates ...
We found one communities that are also named Crest Estates.
Within Illinois, the name Crest Estates is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Crest Estates in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Crest Estates is located in Jefferson County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the south of the Crest Estates that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Crest Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crest 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.
- Crest Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lawns
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Erin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Fox Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fox Meadow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Grand Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grand Haven is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
- Grand Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grand Prairie is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Pheasant Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Landing is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Landing
- Pleasant Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Knoll is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Knoll
- Prairie Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prairie Trail is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Trail
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Riverwalk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riverwalk is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwalk
- Rockdale Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rockdale Junction is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Junction
- Springwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Springwood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Squires Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Squires Mill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Mill
- Sunset Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Winding Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winding Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
How Far From Crest Estates 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 Crest Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crest Estates and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Crest 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 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 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 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 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 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- Crest 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 Crest 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 Crest Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5625, Longitude: -88.1450 In this case, the coordinates for Crest Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.776 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.91 degrees. |
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