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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 Eagle Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake:
- 41.366979, -87.551983
- 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 Eagle Lake
- 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 Eagle Lake is near Lake County and also Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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 Eagle Lake
Communities Also Named Eagle Lake ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Eagle Lake.
Within Illinois, the name Eagle Lake is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk County
- This Eagle Lake is located in Polk County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eagle Lake.
- Indiana
- Kosciusko County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Eagle Lake [Kosciusko County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Eagle Lake.
- Michigan
- Cass County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Cass County].
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Oakland County].
- Van Buren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Blue Earth County
- This Eagle Lake is located in Blue Earth County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Eagle Lake.
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Eagle Lake [Warren County].
- New York
- Essex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Eagle Lake [Essex County].
- Ontario
- This Eagle Lake lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- Texas
- Colorado County
- This Eagle Lake is located in Colorado County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Eagle Lake.
- Wisconsin
- Racine County
- This Eagle Lake is located in Racine County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eagle Lake that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Eagle Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Lake ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Claus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claus is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claus
- Cook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Crete
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <3>
- Hartsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Indian Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Liberty Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Park is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Lincoln Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Orchard Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Park Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Shady Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shady Lawn is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lawn
- University Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Eagle Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eagle Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagle Lake and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Lake 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 just over a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 155 miles [249.4 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 580 miles [933.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 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> | 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- Eagle Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Eagle Lake 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. |
| <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 Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3670, Longitude: -87.5520 In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.20 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.675 degrees. |
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