Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Heather Sound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heather Sound and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heather Sound

• 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 Heather Sound:
  • 41.725278, -88.046389
  • 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 Heather Sound

• 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 Heather Sound is near DuPage County and also Cook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cook 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 Heather Sound

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heather Sound ...

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.

• Cherrywood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherrywood is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
• Colonial Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Colonial Village is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
• Heritage Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Heritage Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek
• Home Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Home Run is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Run
• Hunters Trail
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunters Trail is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
• Indian Oaks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Oaks is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
• Ivanhoe
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
• Kings Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Kings Park is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
• Stonegate
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Stonegate is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
• Sugar Brook
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar Brook is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
• Walnut Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Ridge is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
• Walnut Woods
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Woods is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
• Willow Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow Grove is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
• Woodleaf
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Woodleaf is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf

How Far From Heather Sound 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 Heather Sound to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Heather Sound to Joliet, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 158 miles [254.3 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'