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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 Rambling Hills East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rambling Hills East 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 Rambling Hills East:
- 42.220580, -88.021187
- 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 Rambling Hills East
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Rambling Hills East is near Cook County and also McHenry 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 McHenry 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 Rambling Hills East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rambling Hills East ...
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 Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ancient Oaks is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
- Beaver Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Bishops Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bishops Ridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Ridge
- Cedar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Copperfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Copperfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Diamond Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Diamond Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Lake
- Echo Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Echo Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Heather Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heather Highlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Highlands
- Herons Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herons Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herons Crossing
- Hickory Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Indian Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Lake View Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake View Highlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Highlands
- Lake Zurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Long Grove Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Grove Valley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove Valley
- Meadowridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadowridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Pheasant Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pheasant Knolls is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knolls
- Ponds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ponds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds
- Prairie Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairie View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Rambling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rambling Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Tall Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tall Oaks is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Timber Trails
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Timber Trails is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- White Birch Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Birch Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birch Lakes
How Far From Rambling Hills East 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 Rambling Hills East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rambling Hills East and extending to:
- Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rambling Hills East to Waukegan, with an average speed<3> 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 188 miles [302.6 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 619 miles [996.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rambling Hills East) 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 Rambling Hills East 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 Rambling Hills East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2206, Longitude: -88.0212 In this case, the coordinates for Rambling Hills East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.692 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.661 degrees. |
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