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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 Crete, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crete 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 Crete:
- 41.444640, -87.631308
- 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 Crete
- 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 Crete is near Cook County and also Lake 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 Lake 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 Crete
Communities Also Named Crete ...
We found seven communities that are also named Crete.
Within Illinois, the name Crete is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Crete [Conecuh County].
- Indiana
- Randolph County
- This Crete is located in Randolph County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Crete that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Crete.
- Nebraska
- Chase County
- This Crete is located in Chase County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<2> to the west of the Crete that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chase County community of Crete.
- Saline County
- This Crete is located in Saline County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the west of the Crete that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Crete.
- North Dakota
- Sargent County
- This Crete is located in Sargent County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Crete that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sargent County community of Crete.
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana County
- This Crete is located in Indiana County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<2> to the east of the Crete that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Crete.
- Wisconsin
- Winnebago County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Crete [Winnebago County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crete ...
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.
- Claus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Claus is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claus
- Dyer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Lake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Flossmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Homewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Park Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Crete 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 village such as Crete to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crete and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crete to Joliet, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 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 585 miles [941.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Crete could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crete) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Crete 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 Crete. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4446, Longitude: -87.6313 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.27 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.691 degrees. |
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