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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 Windmill Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windmill Estates 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 Windmill Estates:
- 41.595000, -87.992222
- 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 Windmill Estates
- 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 Windmill Estates 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 Windmill Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windmill Estates ...
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.
- Broken Arrow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Broken Arrow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
- Cache Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cache Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
- Chickasaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Cinnamon Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cinnamon Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
- Dawn Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dawn Wood is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Wood
- Deer Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Derby Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Derby Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hills
- Doctor Parker Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Doctor Parker Place is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Parker Place
- Erin Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Hills is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Hills
- Homer Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Lockport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Long Run Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Long Run Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Creek
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadowview is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Pebble Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Pine Needle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Needle is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle
- Rolling Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Glen
- Shady Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shady Hollow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Spring Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek Woods is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Woods
- Twin Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
- Whispering Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Windmill Estates 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 Windmill Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Windmill Estates and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Windmill Estates 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 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 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Windmill Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Windmill Estates 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 Windmill Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5950, Longitude: -87.9922 In this case, the coordinates for Windmill Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.826 degrees. |
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