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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 Brushy Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Prairie 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 Brushy Prairie:
- 41.641685, -85.247495
- 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 Brushy Prairie
- 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 LaGrange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange County
- Since Brushy Prairie is near Steuben County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Brushy Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Prairie ...
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.
- Flint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gravel Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Meadow Shores Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Shores Park is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Shores Park
- Plato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Shady Nook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Nook is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
- Tall Timbers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
- Turkey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woodland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Brushy Prairie 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 Brushy Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brushy Prairie and extending to:
- LaGrange, which is the Seat of LaGrange County, lies just to the West.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Brushy Prairie to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Brushy Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Brushy Prairie 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 Brushy Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6417, Longitude: -85.2475 In this case, the coordinates for Brushy Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.872 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.516 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.471 degrees. |
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