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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 Sunrise Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunrise Ridge 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 Sunrise Ridge:
    • 42.379187, -88.366758
    • 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 Sunrise Ridge
  • 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 Sunrise Ridge ...

We found one communities that share the name Sunrise Ridge.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Sunrise Ridge.

Beyond Illinois.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Will County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sunrise Ridge [Will County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunrise Ridge ...

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.

  • Bull Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
    • Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Emerald Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Park
    • Emerald Park is located in McHenry County
  • Ferndale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferndale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
    • Ferndale is located in McHenry County
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in McHenry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Hartland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Hartland is located in McHenry County
  • Hebron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in McHenry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <3>
  • Holiday Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
  • Johnsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
    • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Riverstream
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverstream have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverstream
      • Riverstream is located in McHenry County
    • Spring Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
    • Terra Cotta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terra Cotta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
      • Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
    • Wonder Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonder Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Center
      • Wonder Center is located in McHenry County
    • Wonder Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonder Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
      • Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
      • Wonder Lake has also been known as:
      • Wonder Lake village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <3>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Sunrise Ridge and extending to:

  • Woodstock, which is the Seat of McHenry County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sunrise Ridge to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunrise Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McHenry County: www.co.mchenry.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sunrise Ridge 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sunrise Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunrise Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3792, Longitude: -88.3668       In this case, the coordinates for Sunrise Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Sunrise Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.922 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.957 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.788 degrees.




 

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