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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 Gilletts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilletts and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Gilletts:
    • 41.517112, -87.936960
    • 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 Gilletts
  • 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 Gilletts 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 Gilletts

Communities Also Named Gilletts ...

We found one communities that are also named Gilletts.

Within Illinois, the name Gilletts is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Gilletts in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Gilletts.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilletts ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpine is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Brisbane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Broken Arrow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Broken Arrow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
  • Cherry Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Doctor Parker Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Doctor Parker Place is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Parker Place
  • Homer Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lincolnwood Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lincolnwood Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnwood Hills
  • Marley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Marley is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
  • Pine Needle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Needle is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle
  • Rolling Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rolling Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Glen
  • Spaniel Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spaniel Woods is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaniel Woods
  • Spring Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Thunder Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Thunder Ridge is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunder Ridge
  • Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Gilletts 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 community such as Gilletts to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Gilletts once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gilletts and extending to:

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the West.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Gilletts to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 602 miles [968.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gilletts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Gilletts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gilletts 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 Gilletts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5171, Longitude: -87.9370       In this case, the coordinates for Gilletts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.639 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.511 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.821 degrees.