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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 Kendallville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kendallville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kendallville:
    • 43.439099, -92.036489
    • 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 Kendallville
  • 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 Winneshiek County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winneshiek County
    • Since Kendallville is near Howard County and also Fillmore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore 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 Kendallville

Communities Also Named Kendallville ...

We found one communities that are also named Kendallville.

Within Iowa, the name Kendallville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Kendallville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Noble County
      • This Kendallville is located in Noble County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kendallville that is located in Winneshiek County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Kendallville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kendallville ...

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.

  • Big Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Big Spring is located in Fillmore County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Florenceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Forest City is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Harmony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Henrytown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Henrytown is located in Fillmore County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
  • Lime Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Locust
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Locust is located in Winneshiek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Mabel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Prosper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosper is located in Fillmore County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
  • Springwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Springwater is located in Winneshiek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater

How Far From Kendallville 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 Kendallville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kendallville and extending to:

  • Decorah, which is the Seat of Winneshiek County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kendallville to Decorah, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, 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 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kendallville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Kendallville 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 Kendallville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4391, Longitude: -92.0365    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.427 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.961 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.386 degrees.