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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 Nottingham Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nottingham Ridge 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 Nottingham Ridge:
- 41.626389, -88.089444
- 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 Nottingham Ridge
- 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 Nottingham Ridge is near Cook County and also DuPage 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 DuPage 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 Nottingham Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nottingham 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.
- Cache Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cache Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
- Crest Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Grand Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Haven is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Haven
- Heritage Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heritage Place is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
- Honeytree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Honeytree is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytree
- Hunters Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hunters Trail is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malibu Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
- Poplar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- 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
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Romeo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Romeoville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shady Hollow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Sugar Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Brook is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
- Whispering Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whispering Pines is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Nottingham 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 Nottingham Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nottingham Ridge and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Nottingham Ridge 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 611 miles [983.3 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 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 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' (or 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- Nottingham Ridge) 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 Nottingham Ridge 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 Nottingham Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6264, Longitude: -88.0894 In this case, the coordinates for Nottingham Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.74 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.865 degrees. |
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