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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 De Camp Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to De Camp Gardens 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 De Camp Gardens:
- 41.661994, -85.919165
- 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 De Camp Gardens
- 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 Elkhart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Since De Camp Gardens is near Cass County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 De Camp Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near De Camp Gardens ...
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.
- Diamond Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond Shores is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
- Eagle Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Point is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Edwardsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Locke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Locke is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Maple Lane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Lane is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lane
- New Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From De Camp Gardens 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 community such as De Camp Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in De Camp Gardens and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Elkhart County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from De Camp Gardens to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>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 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,129 miles [9,863.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 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- De Camp Gardens) 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 De Camp Gardens 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 De Camp Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6620, Longitude: -85.9192 In this case, the coordinates for De Camp Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.31 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.017 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.791 degrees. |
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