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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 Haley Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haley Meadows 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 Haley Meadows:
- 41.643333, -88.097500
- 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 Haley Meadows
- 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 Haley Meadows 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 Haley Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haley Meadows ...
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.
- Cache Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cache Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
- Cherrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherrywood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cider Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cider Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
- Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Deer Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Grand Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Haven is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
- Heritage Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heritage Place is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
- Hickory Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Oaks is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
- Home Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Home Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Run
- Honeytree
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Honeytree is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytree
- Hunters Trail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Trail is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
- Indian Boundary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Boundary is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Indian Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Oaks is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Ivanhoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Kings Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
- Lockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Malibu Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Malibu Bay is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Bay
- Pepper Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pepper Tree is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
- Pheasant Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
- Poplar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Quail Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quail Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Grove
- Riverbend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverbend is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Romeo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Romeo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Romeoville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Brook is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodleaf is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
How Far From Haley Meadows 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 Haley Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Haley Meadows and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Haley Meadows 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 612 miles [984.9 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 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haley Meadows) 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 Haley Meadows 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 Haley Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6433, Longitude: -88.0975 In this case, the coordinates for Haley Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.745 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.864 degrees. |
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