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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 Spring View West, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring View West 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 Spring View West:
- 41.544167, -87.992778
- 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 Spring View West
- 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 Spring View West is near Cook County and also DuPage 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 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 Spring View West
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring View West ...
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.
- Brisbane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Broken Arrow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Arrow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cinnamon Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
- Doctor Parker Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doctor Parker Place is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Parker Place
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Lincolnwood Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnwood Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnwood Hills
- Lockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Michigan Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Beach is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Beach
- Pine Needle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Needle is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle
- Rolling Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Glen
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Shady Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Hollow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Spring Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Thunder Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thunder Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunder Ridge
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Whispering Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whispering Pines is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Spring View West 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 Spring View West to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spring View West and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Spring View West to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring View West) 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 Spring View West 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 Spring View West. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5442, Longitude: -87.9928 In this case, the coordinates for Spring View West have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.676 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.557 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.841 degrees. |
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