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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 Estates of Charlemagne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Estates of Charlemagne and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Estates of Charlemagne
  • 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 Estates of Charlemagne:
    • 42.141667, -87.864722
    • 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 Estates of Charlemagne
  • 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 Estates of Charlemagne 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 Estates of Charlemagne

Curious and Interesting Names Near Estates of Charlemagne ...

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.

  • Ancient Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
  • Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Arrowhead is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Birch Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Birch Pond is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pond
  • Cobblewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cobblewood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblewood
  • Colonial Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Colonial Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Covenant Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Covenant Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
  • Cozy Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cozy Corner is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
  • Edgewood Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
  • Fair Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
  • Fox Hedge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Hedge is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hedge
  • Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fox Run is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Garden Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Garden Court is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Heathercrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Heathercrest is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathercrest
    • Indian Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Indian Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
    • Mallard Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
    • Maple Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Meadow Green
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Meadow Green is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
    • Pheasant Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
    • Regency Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Regency Place is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
    • Riverwoods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Royal Court is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
    • Sanders Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
    • Sanders Prairie
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
    • Solar Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Solar Grove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
    • Sportmans Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
    • Stonebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stonebrook is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
    • Stonegate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stonegate is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Summerhill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Summerhill is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Sunset Fields
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sunset Fields is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Fields
    • Sycamore Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sycamore Lane is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lane
    • Thorn Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Willow Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Cove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
    • Willow Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Willow Wood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Wood is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Estates of Charlemagne 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 Estates of Charlemagne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Estates of Charlemagne and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Estates of Charlemagne to Chicago, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 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 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 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 '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- Estates of Charlemagne) 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 Estates of Charlemagne 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 Estates of Charlemagne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1417, Longitude: -87.8647       In this case, the coordinates for Estates of Charlemagne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.588 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.543 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.605 degrees.