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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 East Joliet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Joliet 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 East Joliet:
- 41.535031, -88.051724
- 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 East Joliet
- 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 East Joliet is near Cook County and also DuPage 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 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 East Joliet
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Joliet ...
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.
- Broken Arrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Broken Arrow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Crest Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fox Meadow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Michigan Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Michigan Beach is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Beach
- Pine Needle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Needle is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
- Rockdale Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale Junction is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Junction
- Thunder Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thunder Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunder Ridge
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From East Joliet 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 East Joliet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Joliet and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from East Joliet 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 608 miles [978.5 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 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Joliet) 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 East Joliet 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 East Joliet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5350, Longitude: -88.0517 In this case, the coordinates for East Joliet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.601 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.872 degrees. |
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