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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Garden 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 Elkhart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Since Garden Village is near Cass County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Garden Village
Communities Also Named Garden Village ...
We found six communities that are also named Garden Village.
Within Indiana, the name Garden Village is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of six communities that are located 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)
- De Camp Gardens is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp Gardens
- Diamond Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Diamond Shores is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
- Eagle Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle Point is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Edwardsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jones
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Lane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Lane is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lane
- New Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Beach is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- 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<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 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,743 miles [7,633.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Village) 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 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> | 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 Garden 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.306 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.018 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.778 degrees. |
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