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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 Lily Cache, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lily Cache 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 Lily Cache:
    • 41.590308, -88.181452
    • 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 Lily Cache
  • 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 Lily Cache 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 Lily Cache

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lily Cache ...

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.

  • Crystal Lawns
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
  • Erin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Erin is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
  • Fox Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Meadow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Grand Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Grand Haven is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
  • Grand Prairie
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Grand Prairie is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
  • Harvest Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvest Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
  • Liberty Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Pheasant Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pheasant Landing is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Landing
  • Pleasant Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Knoll is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Knoll
  • Prairie Trail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie Trail is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Trail
  • Quail Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Run is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Riverwalk
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Riverwalk is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwalk
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Spangler Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Spangler Farms is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Farms
    • Squires Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Squires Mill is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Mill
    • Sunset Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Ridge is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
    • Vintage Harvest
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Vintage Harvest is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Harvest
    • Winding Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Winding Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek

How Far From Lily Cache 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 Lily Cache to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lily Cache to Springfield, with an average speed<2>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 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 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lily Cache) 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 Lily Cache 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 Lily Cache. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5903, Longitude: -88.1815       In this case, the coordinates for Lily Cache have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.801 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.707 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.921 degrees.