Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stately Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stately Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stately Acres

• 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 Stately Acres:
  • 41.629444, -87.993889
  • 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 Stately Acres

• 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 Stately Acres 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 Stately Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stately Acres ...

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
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cache Lake is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
• Chickasaw
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chickasaw is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
• Cinnamon Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
• Dawn Wood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Dawn Wood is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
• Deer Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Deer Run is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
• Erin Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Erin Hills is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
• Fox Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Hills is located in Cook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
• Long Run Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Long Run Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Creek
• Pebble Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pebble Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
• Shady Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Shady Hollow is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
• Spring Creek Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Spring Creek Woods is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Woods
• Twin Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Twin Creek is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
• Whispering Pines
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Will County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Stately Acres 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 Stately Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stately Acres and extending to:

• Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Stately Acres to Springfield, with an average speed<2>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 606 miles [975.3 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 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'