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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 Black Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Point 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 Black Point:
    • 41.405048, -85.683598
    • 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 Black Point
  • 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 Kosciusko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
    • Since Black Point is near Noble County and also Elkhart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart 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 Black Point

Communities Also Named Black Point ...

We found ten communities that are also named Black Point.

Within Indiana, the name Black Point is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, six are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • California
      • Marin County
      • This Black Point is located in Marin County and lies 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km]<1> to the west of the Black Point that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Black Point.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Black Point is located in New London County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the east of the Black Point that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Black Point.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Black Point [Duval County].
      • Flagler County
      • This Black Point is located in Flagler County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Black Point that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flagler County community of Black Point.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Black Point [Cumberland County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Black Point lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Black Point that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Black Point.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Black Point lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Black Point that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Texas
      • Refugio County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Black Point [Refugio County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Point ...

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.

  • Buttermilk Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Buttermilk Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Point
  • Cedar Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cedar Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Enchanted Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Enchanted Hills is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
  • Indian Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Village is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Marineland Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Marineland Gardens is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marineland Gardens
  • Pickwick Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pickwick Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Park
  • South Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • South Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
  • Sunrise Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sunrise Beach is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach

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

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Kosciusko County, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Black Point to Warsaw, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Black Point 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Black Point 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 Black Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4050, Longitude: -85.6836       In this case, the coordinates for Black Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.16 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.809 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.756 degrees.