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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 Wolfs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolfs 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 Wolfs:
    • 41.695863, -88.260902
    • 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 Wolfs
  • 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 Kendall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall County
    • Since Wolfs is near Will County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Wolfs

Communities Also Named Wolfs ...

We found one communities that are also named Wolfs.

Within Illinois, the name Wolfs is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Wolfs in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg 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 North Carolina community of Wolfs [Mecklenburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolfs ...

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.

  • Boulder Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
  • Champion Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Champion Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Creek
  • Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crossing is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossing
  • Harvest Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Harvest Glen is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Glen
  • Heatherstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heatherstone is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
  • Heritage Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • High Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • High Meadow is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadow
  • Hunters Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Normantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Normantown is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
  • Plantation
    (3 miles [4.8 km] 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 south)
    • Prairie Ponds is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ponds
  • Saddle Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Saddle Creek is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • South Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Park is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Stillwater
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stillwater is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Wheatland Highlands
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wheatland Highlands is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Highlands
    • Wheatland Plains
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wheatland Plains is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Plains
    • Wheatland View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wheatland View is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
    • Wolf Creek Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Creek Island is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Island
    • Woodlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Woodlake is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Wolfs to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wolfs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wolfs and extending to:

  • Yorkville, which is the Seat of Kendall County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wolfs to Yorkville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three 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 621 miles [999.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wolfs 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wolfs) 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 Wolfs 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 Wolfs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6959, Longitude: -88.2609       In this case, the coordinates for Wolfs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.854 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.782 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.93 degrees.