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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 Fairfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairfield Center 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 Fairfield Center:
- 41.482036, -85.128176
- 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 Fairfield Center
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Fairfield Center is near Steuben County and also LaGrange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange 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 Fairfield Center
Communities Also Named Fairfield Center ...
We found two communities that are also named Fairfield Center.
Within Indiana, the name Fairfield Center is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Somerset County
- This Fairfield Center is located in Somerset County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairfield Center that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fairfield Center.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairfield Center [Lycoming County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairfield Center ...
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.
- Gravel Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lisbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Meadow Shores Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Shores Park is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Shores Park
- Moonlight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moonlight is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight
- Pleasant Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Shady Nook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Nook is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
- Tall Timbers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
- Turkey Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woodland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Park is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Fairfield Center 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 Fairfield Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairfield Center and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fairfield Center 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 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,720 miles [7,596.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fairfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fairfield Center 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. |
| <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 Fairfield Center 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 Fairfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4820, Longitude: -85.1282 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.798 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.408 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.464 degrees. |
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