Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Naperville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Naperville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Naperville

• 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 Naperville:
  • 41.771526, -88.147908
  • 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 Naperville

• 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 DuPage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
  • Since Naperville is near Will County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kane 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 Naperville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Naperville ...

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.

• Crossing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crossing is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossing
• Heatherstone
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Heatherstone is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
• Heritage Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Heritage Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek
• Heritage Knolls
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Heritage Knolls is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Knolls
• Old Sawmill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Old Sawmill is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sawmill
• Prairie Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Ridge is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
• River Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • River Woods is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Woods
• Rivermist
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rivermist is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermist
• Stillwater
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stillwater is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
• Walnut Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Ridge is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
• Walnut Woods
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Woods is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
• Wheatland View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheatland View is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
• Woodlake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlake is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
• Woodleaf
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Woodleaf is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf

How Far From Naperville 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 city such as Naperville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Wheaton, which is the Seat of DuPage County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Naperville 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 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'