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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 Wheatland Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheatland Highlands 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 Wheatland Highlands:
- 41.679722, -88.220000
- 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 Wheatland Highlands
- 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 Wheatland Highlands is near Kendall County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall 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 Wheatland Highlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheatland Highlands ...
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.
- Champion Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Champion Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
- Cider Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cider Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
- Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossing is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossing
- Harvest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harvest Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
- Heatherstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heatherstone is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Heritage Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- High Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- High Meadow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
- Hunters Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Normantown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plantation is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Prairie Ponds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
- Quail Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Saddle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saddle Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
- Stillwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Wheatland Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
- Wheatland View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland View is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
- Wolf Creek Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island
- Woodlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodlake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Wheatland Highlands 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 Wheatland Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wheatland Highlands and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wheatland Highlands to Joliet, with an average speed<2> 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheatland Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wheatland Highlands 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 Wheatland Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6797, Longitude: -88.2200 In this case, the coordinates for Wheatland Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.826 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.749 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.914 degrees. |
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