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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 Beverly Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly Hill 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 Beverly Hill:
- 41.548929, -86.985585
- 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 Beverly Hill
- 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 Porter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Porter County
- Since Beverly Hill is near LaPorte County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Beverly Hill
Communities Also Named Beverly Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Beverly Hill.
Within Indiana, the name Beverly Hill is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Beverly Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Collin County
- This Beverly Hill is located in Collin County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beverly Hill that is located in Porter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Beverly Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly Hill ...
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.
- Chesterton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Forest Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Graham Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graham Woods is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Woods
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lake View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Long Lake Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Lake Island is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Island
- Pinhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
How Far From Beverly Hill 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 Beverly Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beverly Hill and extending to:
- Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Beverly Hill to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beverly Hill) 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 Beverly Hill 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 Beverly Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5489, Longitude: -86.9856 In this case, the coordinates for Beverly Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.01 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.799 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.345 degrees. |
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