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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 Hillside Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillside Manor 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 Hillside Manor:
- 41.115588, -87.947823
- 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 Hillside Manor
- 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Since Hillside Manor is near Iroquois County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Hillside Manor
Communities Also Named Hillside Manor ...
We found seven communities that are also named Hillside Manor.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Hillside Manor.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Adams County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Adams County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hillside Manor.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Arapahoe County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Hillside Manor.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Hillsborough County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hillside Manor.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Calvert County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Hillside Manor.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Nassau County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the east of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Hillside Manor.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hillside Manor.
- Weber County
- This Hillside Manor is located in Weber County and lies 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the west of the Hillside Manor that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Hillside Manor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillside Manor ...
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.
- Aroma Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dickeys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeys is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys
- Flickerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flickerville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
- Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Indian Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Oaks is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Irwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Limestone
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Otto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pilot Center ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Center is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Center
How Far From Hillside Manor 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 Hillside Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillside Manor and extending to:
- Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Hillside Manor 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hillside Manor) 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 Hillside Manor 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 Hillside Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1156, Longitude: -87.9478 In this case, the coordinates for Hillside Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.645 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.462 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.939 degrees. |
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