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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 Fountain Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Park 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 Fountain Park:
- 40.779206, -87.161686
- 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 Fountain Park
- 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 Fountain Park is near Newton County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Fountain Park
Communities Also Named Fountain Park ...
We found eight communities that are also named Fountain Park.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Fountain Park.
Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Steuben County
- This Fountain Park is located in Steuben County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Fountain Park.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Fountain Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fountain Park.
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Fountain Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Fountain Park.
- Michigan
- Hillsdale County
- This Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Fountain Park.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Fountain Park is located in Saint Louis County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fountain Park.
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This Fountain Park is located in Champaign County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Fountain Park.
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Fountain Park [Bexar County].
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Fountain Park [Milwaukee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Park ...
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.
- Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fowler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hanging Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanging Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Grove
- Kentland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Pleasant Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Round Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Seafield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Seafield is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seafield
How Far From Fountain Park 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 Fountain Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Park and extending to:
- Rensselaer, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Park to Rensselaer, with an average speed<4> 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 87 miles [140 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the east (E). 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 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fountain Park) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fountain Park 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fountain Park 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 Fountain Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7792, Longitude: -87.1617 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.824 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.653 degrees. |
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