Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wheeling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheeling and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wheeling
- 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 Wheeling:
- 42.130660, -87.924026
- 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 Wheeling
- 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Wheeling is near Lake County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wheeling ...
We found ten communities that share the name Wheeling.
Within Illinois, the name Wheeling is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- This Wheeling is located in Carroll County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wheeling that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Wheeling.
- Delaware County
- This Wheeling is located in Delaware County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the southeast of the Wheeling that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Wheeling.
- Gibson County
- This Wheeling is located in Gibson County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the south of the Wheeling that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Wheeling.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheeling ...
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.
- Ancient Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ancient Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Tree
- Ancient Tree is located in Cook County
- Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Birch Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pond
- Birch Pond is located in Cook County
- Buffalo Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Grove <4>
- Cobblewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblewood
- Cobblewood is located in Cook County
- Covenant Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covenant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County
- Cozy Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Cozy Corner is located in Cook County
- Edgewood Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Grove
- Edgewood Grove is located in Cook County
- Fair Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
- Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
- Forest River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River
- Forest River is located in Cook County
- Fox Hedge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fox Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (24 more) ...
- Garden Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Garden Court is located in Cook County
- Half Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Heathercrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathercrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathercrest
- Heathercrest is located in Cook County
- Hidden Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Hidden Lake is located in Cook County
- Indian Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Indian Ridge is located in Cook County
- Mallard Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
- Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
- Maple Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Maple Ridge is located in Cook County
- Meadow Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
- Meadow Green is located in Cook County
- Pheasant Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
- Pheasant Creek is located in Cook County
- Prairie View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Regency Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Regency Place is located in Cook County
- Riverwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwoods
- Riverwoods is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverwoods <4>
- Royal Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
- Royal Court is located in Cook County
- Sanders Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
- Sanders Crossing is located in Cook County
- Sanders Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Prairie
- Sanders Prairie is located in Cook County
- Solar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
- Solar Grove is located in Cook County
- Sportmans Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sportmans Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportmans Cove
- Sportmans Cove is located in Cook County
- Stonebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Stonebrook is located in Cook County
- Stonegate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Summerhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Summerhill is located in Cook County
- Sunset Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Fields
- Sunset Fields is located in Cook County
- Willow Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Cove is located in Cook County
- Willow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Creek is located in Cook County
- Willow Wood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
- Willow Wood is located in Cook County
- Garden Court
How Far From Wheeling 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 village such as Wheeling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wheeling and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wheeling to Chicago, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wheeling: www.vi.wheeling.il.us/
The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.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 Wheeling 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wheeling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wheeling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1307, Longitude: -87.9240 In this case, the coordinates for Wheeling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wheeling 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 314.628 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.586 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.638 degrees. |