Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie Ridge
- 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 Prairie Ridge:
- 41.720556, -88.151389
- 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 Prairie 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:
- eBird sighting report for Will County
- Since Prairie Ridge is near DuPage County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Prairie Ridge ...
We found four communities that share the name Prairie Ridge.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Prairie Ridge.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Prairie Ridge [Cook County].
- Cook County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Prairie Ridge #1
- This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Prairie Ridge.
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- This Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Prairie Ridge that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Prairie Ridge.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Prairie Ridge is located in Pierce County and lies 1,703 miles [2,740.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Prairie Ridge that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Prairie Ridge.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie 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.
- Cider Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cider Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
- Cider Creek is located in Will County
- Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Heritage Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Knolls
- Heritage Knolls is located in Will County
- Hickory Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
- Hickory Oaks is located in Will County
- Indian Boundary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Boundary have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
- Indian Boundary is located in Will County
- Old Sawmill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Sawmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sawmill
- Old Sawmill is located in Will County
- Pepper Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepper Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
- Pepper Tree is located in Will County
- Pheasant Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
- Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
- Quail Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Grove
- Quail Grove is located in Will County
- River Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Woods
- River Woods is located in Will County
- Riverbend
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Rivermist
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Stillwater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Will County
- Walnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Walnut Ridge is located in Will County
- Walnut Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
- Walnut Woods is located in Will County
- Wheatland View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
- Wheatland View is located in Will County
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Willow Grove is located in Will County
- Woodlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Woodleaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater
How Far From Prairie Ridge 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 Prairie Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Ridge and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Ridge to Joliet, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 616 miles [991.4 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 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Prairie 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7206, Longitude: -88.1514 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Prairie 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 314.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.702 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.869 degrees. |