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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 Kinder, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinder 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 Kinder:
    • 39.543937, -86.197211
    • 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 Kinder
  • 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Since Kinder is near Morgan County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Kinder

Communities Also Named Kinder ...

We found four communities that are also named Kinder.

Within Indiana, the name Kinder is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Madison 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 Kinder [Madison County].
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • This Kinder is located in Allen Parish and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Kinder that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Kinder.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Kinder is located in Stoddard County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kinder that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Kinder.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kinder [Lincoln County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinder ...

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.

  • Bluff Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Clearview is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Deerwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deerwood is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Eagle Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Trace is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Trace
  • El Dorado
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • El Dorado is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • Frances
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Frances is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
  • Golden Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Golden Grove is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
  • Hunters Pointe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunters Pointe is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pointe
  • Providence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Stones Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
  • Waters Edge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Waters Edge is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
  • Willow Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Lakes is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lakes
  • Woodland Stream
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Woodland Stream is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Stream

How Far From Kinder to ...

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 Kinder to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Kinder to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 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 Kinder 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kinder) 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 Kinder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Kinder 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 Kinder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5439, Longitude: -86.1972       In this case, the coordinates for Kinder have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.501 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.931 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.547 degrees.