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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 Hortonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hortonville 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 Hortonville:
    • 40.086149, -86.160824
    • 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 Hortonville
  • 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 Hortonville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Hortonville.

Within Indiana, the name Hortonville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Sheridan 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 Hortonville [Sheridan County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Hortonville is located in Bristol County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Hortonville.
    • New Mexico
      • Otero County
      • This Hortonville is located in Otero County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Hortonville.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Hortonville is located in Sullivan County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Hortonville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Hortonville lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Hortonville is located in Rutland County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Hortonville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Outagamie County
      • This Hortonville is located in Outagamie County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hortonville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Hortonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hortonville ...

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.

  • Big Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
    • Big Springs is located in Boone County
  • Clare
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
    • Clare is located in Hamilton County
  • Eagle Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Eagle Village is located in Boone County
  • Eagletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
    • Eagletown is located in Hamilton County
  • Echo Crest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Crest
    • Echo Crest is located in Hamilton County
  • Federal Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
    • Federal Hill is located in Hamilton County
  • Harvard Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Park
    • Harvard Park is located in Hamilton County
  • Home Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
    • Home Place is located in Hamilton County
  • Kings Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
    • Kings Mill is located in Hamilton County
  • Noblesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Orchard Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Orchard Park is located in Hamilton County
  • River Edge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • River Edge is located in Hamilton County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Riverwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
      • Riverwood is located in Hamilton County
    • Saddle Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
      • Saddle Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Stevenson Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Mill
      • Stevenson Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Trails End
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trails End have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
      • Trails End is located in Hamilton County
    • Weaver Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Creek
      • Weaver Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Weaver Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Woods
      • Weaver Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Winding Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
      • Winding Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Zionsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zionsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionsville
      • Zionsville is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zionsville <4>

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

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

  • Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hortonville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Hamilton County: www.co.hamilton.in.us/

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

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 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 Hortonville 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hortonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hortonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0861, Longitude: -86.1608       In this case, the coordinates for Hortonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hortonville 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 313.479 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.983 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.376 degrees.









 

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