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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fountain Park
- 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:
- 41.563106, -84.914129
- 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.
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since Fountain Park is near DeKalb County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- eBird sighting report for Williams 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fountain Park ...
We found eight communities that share the name Fountain Park.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Fountain Park.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Jasper County
- This Fountain Park is located in Jasper County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Fountain Park.
- Jasper County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Fountain Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the south of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben 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 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben 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 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben 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 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben 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 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Steuben 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].
- Florida
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.
- Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,719 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
- Cold Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Crooked Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake
- Crooked Lake is located in Steuben County
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Steuben County
- Glen Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Island Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Island Park is located in Steuben County
- Moonlight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Page
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pleasant Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Russels Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
How Far From Fountain Park 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 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:
- Angola, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fountain Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,707 miles [7,575.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fountain Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Steuben County: www.co.steuben.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fountain Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5631, Longitude: -84.9141 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.657 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.26 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.335 degrees. |