West. The trip from Chicago, Illinois to Sacramento, California would be in a westerly direction. Chicago is in the north central part of the US, and Sacramento, the Capital of California, is in the central valley in California. California is the state that is farthest west in the US (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
Northwest
The direction from Chicago, IL to Detroit, MI is 80° compass heading, which is just north of heading east.
East
Chicago is 36.9 miles southeast of Barrington.
To travel from Flagstaff to Sacramento you will go North-West.
sort of north east
you would be going north and to the west
There going to dallas today.
You would go to the east which would be to your right.
You will be going south.
You would have to turn around and go East!
You would travel due East to go to Lake Michigan.