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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 Golden Meadow Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Meadow Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Golden Meadow Estates
  • 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 Golden Meadow Estates:
    • 41.643611, -88.216667
    • 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 Golden Meadow Estates
  • 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 Golden Meadow Estates is near Kendall County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Golden Meadow Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Meadow Estates ...

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.

  • Champion Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Champion Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
  • Harvest Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Harvest Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
  • Heritage Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • High Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • High Meadow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
  • Liberty Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Normantown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Normantown is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
  • Plantation
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Plantation is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
  • Prairie Ponds
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
  • Quail Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Quail Run is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Saddle Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Saddle Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
    • Spangler Farms
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Spangler Farms is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Farms
    • Vintage Harvest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Vintage Harvest is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Harvest
    • Wheatland Highlands
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
    • Wheatland Plains
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
    • Wolf Creek Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Golden Meadow Estates and extending to:

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Meadow Estates to Joliet, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Golden Meadow Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Golden Meadow Estates 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 Golden Meadow Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6436, Longitude: -88.2167       In this case, the coordinates for Golden Meadow Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.824 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.741 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.923 degrees.