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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 Garden Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Garden Village:
    • 41.695327, -85.914443
    • 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 Garden Village
  • 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 Garden Village ...

We found six communities that share the name Garden Village.

Within Indiana, the name Garden Village is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Garden Village lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Elkhart County.
    • California
      • San Mateo 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 California community of Garden Village [San Mateo County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Garden Village is located in Pike County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Garden Village that is located in Elkhart County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Garden Village.
    • Ontario
      • This Garden Village lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Garden Village that is located in Elkhart County.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Garden Village is located in Marion County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Garden Village that is located in Elkhart County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Garden Village.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Garden Village is located in Rock County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Elkhart County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Garden Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden 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.

  • De Camp Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Camp Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp Gardens
    • De Camp Gardens is located in Elkhart County
  • Diamond Shores
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
    • Diamond Shores is located in Cass County (MI)
  • Eagle Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
    • Eagle Point is located in Cass County (MI)
  • Edwardsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg
    • Edwardsburg is located in Cass County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsburg <4>
  • Elkhart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jamestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
  • Jones
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Maple Lane
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lane
    • Maple Lane is located in Saint Joseph County
  • New Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
    • New Paris is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paris <4>
  • Spring Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
    • Spring Beach is located in Cass County (MI)
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Pigeon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Garden 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 Garden Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Village and extending to:

  • Goshen, which is the Seat of Elkhart County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Garden Village to Goshen, with an average speed<5> 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 133 miles [214 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,743 miles [7,633.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Elkhart County: www.elkhartcountyindiana.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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- Garden Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6953, Longitude: -85.9144       In this case, the coordinates for Garden Village 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 Garden Village 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>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.
<6>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 Garden Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.306 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.018 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.778 degrees.




 

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