Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Prairie Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Lake Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie Lake Estates

• 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 Prairie Lake Estates:
  • 42.568889, -87.907222
  • 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 Prairie Lake 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 Kenosha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
  • Since Prairie Lake Estates is near Lake County and also Racine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Racine 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 Prairie Lake Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Lake 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.

• Carol Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carol Beach is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Beach
• Hickory Corners
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Corners is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
• Liberty Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Corners is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
• Mount Pleasant
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
• Old Mill Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Old Mill Creek is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Mill Creek <1>
• Paddock Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
• Paris
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Paris is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Pikeville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pikeville is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
• Pleasant Prairie
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
• Timber Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Timber Ridge is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
• Union Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Grove is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
• Zion
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <1>

How Far From Prairie Lake Estates to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Prairie Lake 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 Prairie Lake Estates and extending to:

• Kenosha, which is the Seat of Kenosha County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie Lake Estates to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 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 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'