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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 Sag Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sag Bridge 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 Sag Bridge:
- 41.688365, -87.933113
- 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 Sag Bridge
- 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 Sag Bridge is near DuPage County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Sag Bridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sag Bridge ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cache Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
- Chickasaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Cinnamon Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
- Dawn Wood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dawn Wood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
- Derby Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Derby Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
- Derby Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Derby Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Meadows
- Equestrian Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Equestrian Woods is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Woods
- Erin Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erin Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
- Fox Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fox Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Lace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lace
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Long Run Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Creek
- Meadowview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowview is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Pebble Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Spring Creek Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek Woods is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Woods
- Stonegate
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonegate is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Twin Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Willow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Sag Bridge 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 Sag Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sag Bridge and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sag Bridge to Chicago, with an average speed<3> 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 159 miles [255.9 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 7 days and walking would take 9 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 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sag Bridge) 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 Sag Bridge 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 Sag Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6884, Longitude: -87.9331 In this case, the coordinates for Sag Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.532 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.77 degrees. |
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