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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 Dinwiddie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie:
- 41.289417, -87.300994
- 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 Dinwiddie
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Dinwiddie is near Porter County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Porter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Dinwiddie
Communities Also Named Dinwiddie ...
We found one communities that are also named Dinwiddie.
Within Indiana, the name Dinwiddie is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Dinwiddie in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Dinwiddie County
- This Dinwiddie is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dinwiddie that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Dinwiddie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dinwiddie ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Crown Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Orchard Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Range Line
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Range Line is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Line
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Shady Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shady Lawn is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lawn
How Far From Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dinwiddie and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dinwiddie to Crown Point, 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 120 miles [193.1 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 566 miles [910.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Dinwiddie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2894, Longitude: -87.3010 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.219 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.575 degrees. |
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