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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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruffled Feathers Golf Community and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Ruffled Feathers Golf Community
  • 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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community:
    • 41.659198, -87.960058
    • 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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community
  • 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
    • Since Ruffled Feathers Golf Community is near Will County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruffled Feathers Golf Community ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cache Lake is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
  • Chickasaw
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chickasaw is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
  • Cinnamon Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
  • Dawn Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dawn Wood is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
  • Derby Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
  • Derby Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
  • Equestrian Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Equestrian Woods is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Woods
  • Erin Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Erin Hills is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
  • Fox Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fox Hills is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Long Run Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Long Run Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Creek
    • Meadowview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Meadowview is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Pebble Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Sag Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
    • Spring Creek Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Creek Woods is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Woods
    • Twin Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Creek is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek

How Far From Ruffled Feathers Golf Community 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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ruffled Feathers Golf Community and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ruffled Feathers Golf Community to Chicago, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 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 605 miles [973.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ruffled Feathers Golf Community) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community 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 Ruffled Feathers Golf Community. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6592, Longitude: -87.9601       In this case, the coordinates for Ruffled Feathers Golf Community have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.654 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.549 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.792 degrees.