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 Indian Lake:
39.885317, -85.986927
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 Indian Lake
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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fourteen communities that are also named Indian Lake.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Indian Lake.
Beyond Indiana, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Indiana ...
DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Indian Lake [DeKalb County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Indian Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Indian Lake.
Georgia
Paulding County
This Indian Lake is located in Paulding County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the south of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Indian Lake.
Kentucky
Hancock 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 Kentucky community of Indian Lake [Hancock County].
Michigan
Cass County
This Indian Lake is located in Cass County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the north of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Indian Lake.
Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Indian Lake [Kalamazoo County].
Oscoda County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Indian Lake [Oscoda County].
Missouri
Crawford 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 Missouri community of Indian Lake [Crawford County].
New Jersey
Morris 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 Jersey community of Indian Lake [Morris County].
New York
Hamilton County
This Indian Lake is located in Hamilton County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Indian Lake.
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
This Indian Lake is located in Somerset County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the east of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Indian Lake.
Texas
Cameron County
This Indian Lake is located in Cameron County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Indian Lake.
Newton County
Although located in Newton County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Indian Lake.
Virginia
Frederick County
This Indian Lake is located in Frederick County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<2> to the east of the Indian Lake that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Indian Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Lake ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Indian Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Lake and extending to:
Indianapolis, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Indian Lake to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 482 miles [775.7 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 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 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Indian Lake 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8853, Longitude: -85.9869 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.367 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.827 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.352 degrees.