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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 Burns Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burns Harbor 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 Burns Harbor:
- 41.623021, -87.125025
- 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 Burns Harbor
- 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 Burns Harbor is near Lake County and also LaPorte 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 LaPorte 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 Burns Harbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burns Harbor ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Oaks is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Graham Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graham Woods is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Woods
- McCool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCool is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Portage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Side
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shady Side is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
How Far From Burns Harbor 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 town such as Burns Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burns Harbor and extending to:
- Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burns Harbor 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 563 miles [906.1 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 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burns Harbor) 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 Burns Harbor 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 Burns Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6230, Longitude: -87.1250 In this case, the coordinates for Burns Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.102 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.914 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.391 degrees. |
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