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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 Door Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Door Village 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 Door Village:
- 41.574765, -86.768912
- 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 Door Village
- 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 LaPorte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte County
- Since Door Village is near Porter County and also Berrien 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 Berrien 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 Door Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Door Village ...
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.
- Fish Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fish Lake is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Kingsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Magee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Magee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Michigan City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Highlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Highlands is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Highlands
- Pinhook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinhook is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Rolling Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trail Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trail Creek is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
- Union Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Center is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Door Village 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 Door Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Door Village and extending to:
- La Porte, which is the Seat of LaPorte County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Door Village 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Door Village) 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 Door Village 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 Door Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5748, Longitude: -86.7689 In this case, the coordinates for Door Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.868 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.64 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.231 degrees. |
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