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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 Boone Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boone Grove 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 Boone Grove:
- 41.354728, -87.132993
- 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 Boone Grove
- 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 Boone Grove is near Lake County and also Jasper 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 Jasper 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 Boone Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boone Grove ...
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.
- Deer Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Five Points Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Corner
- Gates Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gates Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
- Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Eliza
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Eliza is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eliza
- Leroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Porter Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smoke Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Corner
How Far From Boone Grove 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 Boone Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boone Grove and extending to:
- Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boone Grove to Valparaiso, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 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 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boone Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boone Grove 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 Boone Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3547, Longitude: -87.1330 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.108 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.883 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.474 degrees. |
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