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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 Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Place 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 Heritage Place:
    • 41.638056, -88.106944
    • 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 Place
  • 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 Place 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 Heritage Place

Communities Also Named Heritage Place ...

We found one communities that are also named Heritage Place.

Within Illinois, the name Heritage Place is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Heritage Place is located in Cherokee County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Heritage Place that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Heritage Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Place ...

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
  • Deer Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Deer Run is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Grand Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Haven is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
  • 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Honeytree is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytree
  • Hunters Trail
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Trail is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
  • Indian Boundary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Boundary is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
  • 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
  • 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
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lockport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Malibu Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • 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 east)
      • 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
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Heritage Place 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 Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Place 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 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Heritage Place 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 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Heritage Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Heritage Place 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 Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6381, Longitude: -88.1069       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.751 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.657 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.87 degrees.