Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shorewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shorewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shorewood
- 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 Shorewood:
- 41.518196, -88.215039
- 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 Shorewood
- 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 Shorewood is near Grundy County and also Kendall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Shorewood ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Shorewood.
There are two communities within Illinois that are also named Shorewood.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- DuPage County
- Kankakee County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New York
- Schuyler County
- This Shorewood is located in Schuyler County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the east of the Shorewood that is located in Will County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Shorewood.
- Suffolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Shorewood [Suffolk County].
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shorewood ...
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.
- Birds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Hunt Club
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Oak Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Pheasant Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Landing
- Pheasant Landing is located in Will County
- Pleasant Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Knoll
- Pleasant Knoll is located in Will County
- Prairie Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Trail
- Prairie Trail is located in Will County
- Riverwalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Rock Run Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Run Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Park
- Rock Run Park is located in Will County
- Springwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Springwood is located in Will County
- Squires Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Mill
- Squires Mill is located in Will County
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Hills is located in Will County
- Sunset Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Sunset Ridge is located in Will County
- Vintage
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Shorewood 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 village such as Shorewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shorewood and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shorewood to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Shorewood: www.vil.shorewood.il.us/
The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Shorewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shorewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5182, Longitude: -88.2150 In this case, the coordinates for Shorewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Shorewood 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. |
| <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 Shorewood 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 314.823 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.722 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.957 degrees. |