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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 Maple Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge:
    • 42.126111, -87.843333
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Maple Ridge
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Maple Ridge ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Maple Ridge.

Within Illinois, the name Maple Ridge is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Maple Ridge lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Gwinnett County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Marion County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Norfolk County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the east of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Michigan
      • Arenac County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arenac County community of Maple Ridge.
      • Delta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Maple Ridge [Delta County].
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Maple Ridge [Isanti County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Maple Ridge lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Ontario
      • This Maple Ridge lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Somerset County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Maple Ridge.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Berkeley County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Maple Ridge that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Maple Ridge [Douglas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Ridge ...

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.

  • Ancient Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ancient Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
    • Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
  • Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
    • Arrowhead is located in Cook County
  • Birch Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pond
    • Birch Pond is located in Cook County
  • Buttonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
    • Buttonwood is located in Cook County
  • Cobblewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblewood
    • Cobblewood is located in Cook County
  • Colonial Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Colonial Village is located in Cook County
  • Covenant Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covenant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
    • Covenant Village is located in Cook County
  • Cozy Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
    • Cozy Corner is located in Cook County
  • Edgewood Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
    • Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
  • Fair Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
    • Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
  • Fox Hedge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Hedge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hedge
    • Fox Hedge is located in Cook County
  • Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
    • Fox Run is located in Cook County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Garden Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
      • Garden Court is located in Cook County
    • Heathercrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathercrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathercrest
      • Heathercrest is located in Cook County
    • Mallard Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
      • Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
    • Meadow Green
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
      • Meadow Green is located in Cook County
    • Pheasant Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
      • Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
    • Regency Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
      • Regency Place is located in Cook County
    • Royal Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
      • Royal Court is located in Cook County
    • Solar Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
      • Solar Grove is located in Cook County
    • Sportmans Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sportmans Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
      • Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
    • Stonebrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
      • Stonebrook is located in Cook County
    • Stonegate
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonegate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
      • Stonegate is located in Cook County
    • Summerhill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
      • Summerhill is located in Cook County
    • Sunset Fields
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Fields
      • Sunset Fields is located in Cook County
    • Sycamore Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lane
      • Sycamore Lane is located in Cook County
    • Thorn Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
      • Thorn Hill is located in Cook County
    • Timber Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
      • Timber Ridge is located in Cook County
    • Willow Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
      • Willow Cove is located in Cook County
    • Willow Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Willow Creek is located in Cook County
    • Willow Wood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
      • Willow Wood is located in Cook County

How Far From Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Ridge and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maple Ridge to Chicago, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maple Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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- Maple Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maple Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1261, Longitude: -87.8433       In this case, the coordinates for Maple Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Maple Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Maple Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.574 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.524 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.599 degrees.




 

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