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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 Wolf Creek Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Creek Island 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 Wolf Creek Island:
- 41.664167, -88.201389
- 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 Wolf Creek 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 Will County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will County
- Since Wolf Creek Island 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 Wolf Creek Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Creek 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.
- Champion Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Champion Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
- Cider Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cider Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Creek
- Harvest Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harvest Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
- Heritage Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- Hickory Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Oaks is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
- High Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- High Meadow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
- Indian Boundary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Boundary is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Boundary
- Liberty Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Normantown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Normantown is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Pheasant Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Chase is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Chase
- Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plantation is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Prairie Ponds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverbend is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Saddle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saddle Creek is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
- Wheatland Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
- Wheatland Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
- Woodlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodlake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Wolf Creek Island 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 Wolf Creek Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wolf Creek Island and extending to:
- Joliet, which is the Seat of Will County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Creek Island 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 617 miles [993 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 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 from Point A (ie- Wolf Creek Island) 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 Wolf Creek Island 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 Wolf Creek Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6642, Longitude: -88.2014 In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Creek Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.814 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.732 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.91 degrees. |
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