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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 Granger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Granger 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 Granger:
- 41.753542, -86.110988
- 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 Granger
- 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 Saint Joseph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph County
- Since Granger is near Cass County and also Elkhart 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 Elkhart 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 Granger
Communities Also Named Granger ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Granger.
Within Indiana, the name Granger is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Granger [Henry County].
- Florida
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Granger [Columbia County].
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Granger [DuPage County].
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- This Granger is located in Dallas County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the west of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Granger.
- Kansas
- Comanche County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Granger [Comanche County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- This Granger is located in Fillmore County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Granger.
- Missouri
- Scotland County
- This Granger is located in Scotland County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Granger.
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scotts Bluff County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Granger.
- New York
- Allegany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Granger [Allegany County].
- Ohio
- Medina County
- This Granger is located in Medina County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the east of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Granger.
- Ontario
- This Granger lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- Oregon
- Benton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Granger [Benton County].
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Granger [Montgomery County].
- Williamson County
- This Granger is located in Williamson County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Granger.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Granger is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<2> to the west of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Granger.
- Washington
- Yakima County
- This Granger is located in Yakima County and lies 1,707 miles [2,747.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Granger.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This Granger is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<2> to the west of the Granger that is located in Saint Joseph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Granger.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Granger ...
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.
- Dailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dailey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Edwardsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Lane is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lane
- Roseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
How Far From Granger 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 Granger to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Granger and extending to:
- South Bend, which is the Seat of Saint Joseph County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Granger to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>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 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Granger 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. |
| <2> | 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- Granger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Granger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Granger 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 Granger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7535, Longitude: -86.1110 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.434 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.172 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.856 degrees. |
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