Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Coolwood Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coolwood Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Coolwood Acres

• 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 Coolwood Acres:
  • 41.459206, -87.087253
  • 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 Coolwood Acres

• 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 Coolwood Acres 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 Coolwood Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coolwood Acres ...

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.

• Edgewater
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewater is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Gates Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gates Corner is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
• Hillcrest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Lake Eliza
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Eliza is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eliza
• Lake View
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake View is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
• Lincoln Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lincoln Hills is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
• Long Lake Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Lake Island is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Island
• Porter Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
• Smoke Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Smoke Corner is located in Porter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Corner

How Far From Coolwood Acres 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 Coolwood Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coolwood Acres and extending to:

• Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Coolwood Acres 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 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'