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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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgeland Lakes Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ridgeland Lakes Estates
- 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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates:
- 41.419167, -87.771389
- 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 Ridgeland Lakes 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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates is near Cook County and also Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgeland Lakes 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.
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Brisbane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Claus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Claus is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claus
- Crete
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eagle Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eagle Lake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Flossmoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hill is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Lincolnwood Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnwood Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnwood Hills
- Marley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Park Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Polk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Ridgeland Lakes Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ridgeland Lakes 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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ridgeland Lakes Estates to Joliet, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<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 '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- Ridgeland Lakes 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 Ridgeland Lakes 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 Ridgeland Lakes Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4192, Longitude: -87.7714 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeland Lakes Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.373 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.767 degrees. |
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