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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 Heritage Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Knolls 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 Heritage Knolls:
- 41.722222, -88.137222
- 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 Heritage Knolls
- 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 Heritage Knolls is near DuPage County and also Kendall 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 Kendall 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 Heritage Knolls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Knolls ...
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.
- Cider Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cider Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
- Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crossing is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossing
- Heritage Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek
- Hickory Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Oaks is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
- Indian Boundary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Boundary is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
- Old Sawmill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Sawmill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sawmill
- Pepper Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pepper Tree is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
- Pheasant Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
- Prairie Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Quail Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Grove
- River Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- River Woods is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Woods
- Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbend is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rivermist
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rivermist is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermist
- Stillwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stillwater is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Sugar Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Brook is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
- Walnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Walnut Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walnut Woods is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
- Wheatland View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wheatland View is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
- Willow Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodleaf is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
How Far From Heritage Knolls 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 Heritage Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Heritage Knolls 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 Heritage Knolls 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 155 miles [249.4 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 615 miles [989.7 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 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Knolls) 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 Heritage Knolls 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 Heritage Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7222, Longitude: -88.1372 In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.771 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.692 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.861 degrees. |
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