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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 DeMotte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to DeMotte 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 DeMotte:
- 41.195384, -87.198634
- 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 DeMotte
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since DeMotte is near Lake County and also Newton 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 Newton 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 DeMotte
Communities Also Named DeMotte ...
We found one communities that are also named DeMotte.
Within Indiana, the name DeMotte is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named DeMotte in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Colquitt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of DeMotte [Colquitt County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near DeMotte ...
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 Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deer Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Fair Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Laura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laura is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Range Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Range Line is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Line
- Roselawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Stoutsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From DeMotte 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 town such as DeMotte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in DeMotte and extending to:
- Rensselaer, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from DeMotte to Rensselaer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 112 miles [180.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that DeMotte could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- DeMotte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 DeMotte 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 DeMotte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1954, Longitude: -87.1986 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.152 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.911 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.552 degrees. |
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