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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 Lakewood Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakewood Falls 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 Lakewood Falls:
    • 41.626111, -88.138056
    • 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 Lakewood Falls
  • 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 Lakewood Falls is near Cook County and also Kendall 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 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 Lakewood Falls

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakewood Falls ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cider Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
  • Crystal Lawns
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
  • Erin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Erin is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
  • Fox Meadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fox Meadow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Grand Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grand Haven is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
  • Grand Prairie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Prairie is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
  • Harvest Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Harvest Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
  • Heritage Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • Heritage Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heritage Place is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
  • Hickory Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Oaks is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
  • High Meadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • High Meadow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
  • Honeytree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Honeytree is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytree
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Indian Boundary
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Indian Boundary is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
    • Liberty Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Malibu Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Malibu Bay is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Bay
    • Pepper Tree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Pepper Tree is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
    • Pheasant Chase
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
    • Poplar Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Poplar Ridge is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
    • Quail Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Quail Grove is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Grove
    • Quail Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Quail Run is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Riverbend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Riverbend is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Rockdale Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rockdale Junction is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Junction
    • Romeo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Romeo is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
    • Romeoville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spangler Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Spangler Farms is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Farms
    • Vintage Harvest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Vintage Harvest is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Harvest
    • Winding Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Winding Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
    • Wolf Creek Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island

How Far From Lakewood Falls 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 Lakewood Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lakewood Falls and extending to:

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lakewood Falls 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 614 miles [988.1 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 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakewood Falls) 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 Lakewood Falls 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 Lakewood Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6261, Longitude: -88.1381       In this case, the coordinates for Lakewood Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.772 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.679 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.889 degrees.