Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sugar Island:
  • 41.006422, -87.823650
  • 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 Sugar Island

• 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
  • Since Sugar Island is near Iroquois County and also Ford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ford 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 Sugar Island

Communities Also Named Sugar Island ...

We found one communities that are also named Sugar Island.

Within Illinois, the name Sugar Island is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Sugar Island in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Wisconsin
    • Dodge County
    • This Sugar Island is located in Dodge County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sugar Island that is located in Kankakee County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Sugar Island.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Island ...

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.

• Aroma Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Aroma Park is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aroma Park <2>
• Beaverville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Beaverville is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverville <2>
• Dickeys
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dickeys is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys
• Freedville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Freedville is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedville
• Greenwich
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwich is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
• Irwin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Irwin is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
• Leesville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Leesville is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
• Limestone
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Limestone is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
• Otto
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Otto is located in Kankakee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto

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

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

• Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Island 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'