Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Evans Heights Housing Project, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Evans Heights Housing Project and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Evans Heights Housing Project

• 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 Evans Heights Housing Project:
  • 41.136145, -88.815352
  • 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 Evans Heights Housing Project

• 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 La Salle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
  • Since Evans Heights Housing Project is near Livingston County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Evans Heights Housing Project

Curious and Interesting Names Near Evans Heights Housing Project ...

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.

• Coalville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coalville is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
• Farm Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Farm Ridge is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Ridge
• Grand Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grand Ridge is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Ridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Ridge <1>
• Manville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manville is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
• Munster
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Munster is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
• New Michigan ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Michigan is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
• Otter ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
• Reading
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Reading is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
• Richards
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Richards is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
• Sandy Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford

How Far From Evans Heights Housing Project 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 Evans Heights Housing Project to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Evans Heights Housing Project and extending to:

• Ottawa, which is the Seat of La Salle County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Evans Heights Housing Project to Ottawa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'