RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> LaGrange County >> Honeyville >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Honeyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honeyville 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 Honeyville:
    • 41.581717, -85.601653
    • 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 Honeyville
  • 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 LaGrange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange County
    • Since Honeyville is near Noble County and also Elkhart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble 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 Honeyville

Communities Also Named Honeyville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Honeyville.

Within Indiana, the name Honeyville is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Gulf County
      • This Honeyville is located in Gulf County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the south of the Honeyville that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gulf County community of Honeyville.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Honeyville is located in Jefferson County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Honeyville that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Honeyville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Grant 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 Oklahoma community of Honeyville [Grant County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton 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 Pennsylvania community of Honeyville [Clinton County].
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • This Honeyville is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the west of the Honeyville that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Honeyville.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Honeyville is located in Page County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Honeyville that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Honeyville.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Honeyville is located in Rockingham County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east southeast of the Honeyville that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Honeyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Honeyville ...

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.

  • Buttermilk Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Buttermilk Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Point
  • Cedar Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Emma
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Emma is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Enchanted Hills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Enchanted Hills is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
  • Marineland Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Marineland Gardens is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marineland Gardens
  • New Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pickwick Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pickwick Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Park
  • Plato
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Plato is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Rome City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • South Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • South Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Star Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Star Mill is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mill
    • Stony Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Sunrise Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sunrise Beach is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
    • Twin Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Valentine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of LaGrange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Honeyville to LaGrange, 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 128 miles [206 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Honeyville) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Honeyville 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 Honeyville 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 Honeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5817, Longitude: -85.6017       In this case, the coordinates for Honeyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.104 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.771 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.662 degrees.