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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 Stonegate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stonegate and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stonegate:
    • 41.700833, -88.033333
    • 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 Stonegate
  • 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 Stonegate 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 Stonegate

Communities Also Named Stonegate ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Stonegate.

There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Stonegate.

Beyond Illinois, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Cook County
      • This Stonegate is located in Cook County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Stonegate.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • This Stonegate is located in Lee County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Stonegate.
    • California
      • San Mateo 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 California community of Stonegate [San Mateo County].
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Stonegate is located in Douglas County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the west of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Stonegate.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Stonegate is located in Hillsborough County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Stonegate.
    • Indiana
      • Boone County
      • This Stonegate is located in Boone County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Stonegate.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Stonegate [Montgomery County].
    • Mississippi
      • Madison County
      • This Stonegate is located in Madison County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the south of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Stonegate.
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the south of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Stonegate.
    • New York
      • Saratoga County
      • This Stonegate is located in Saratoga County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Stonegate.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Stonegate is located in Sullivan County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Stonegate.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Stonegate is located in Montgomery County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Stonegate.
      • Salem City
      • This Stonegate is located in Salem City and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east southeast of the Stonegate that is located in Will County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Stonegate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonegate ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cherrywood is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Colonial Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Colonial Village is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Heather Sound
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Heather Sound is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Sound
  • Heritage Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek
  • Home Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Home Run is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Run
  • Honeytree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Honeytree is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytree
  • Hunters Trail
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hunters Trail is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
  • Indian Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Indian Oaks is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
  • Ivanhoe
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Kings Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Kings Park is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
  • Sugar Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Brook is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
  • Walnut Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Woods is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stonegate and extending to:

  • Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stonegate to Joliet, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 157 miles [252.7 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 610 miles [981.7 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 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stonegate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stonegate 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>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 Stonegate 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 Stonegate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7008, Longitude: -88.0333       In this case, the coordinates for Stonegate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.702 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.61 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.816 degrees.