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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 Pine Hills Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Hills Estates 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 Pine Hills Estates:
    • 41.586389, -87.960278
    • 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 Pine Hills Estates
  • 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 Pine Hills Estates 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 Pine Hills Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Hills Estates ...

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.

  • Broken Arrow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Broken Arrow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
  • Chickasaw
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chickasaw is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
  • Cinnamon Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
  • Dawn Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dawn Wood is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
  • Deer Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Run is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Derby Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Derby Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
  • Derby Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Derby Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
  • Doctor Parker Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Doctor Parker Place is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Parker Place
  • Erin Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Erin Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
  • Homer Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Homer Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
    • Homer Glen has also been known as:
    • Homer Glen village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
  • Long Run Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Long Run Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Creek
  • Marley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marley is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Meadowview
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Meadowview is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Pebble Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Pine Needle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Needle is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle
    • Rolling Glen
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rolling Glen is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Glen
    • Shady Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Hollow is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
    • Spaniel Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Spaniel Woods is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaniel Woods
    • Spring Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Spring Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Creek Woods is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Woods
    • Twin Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Twin Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
    • Twin Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Whispering Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Pine Hills Estates 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 Pine Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Hills Estates 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 604 miles [972 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 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Hills Estates) 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 Pine Hills Estates 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 Pine Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5864, Longitude: -87.9603       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.654 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.539 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.813 degrees.