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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 Kingsland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsland 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 Kingsland:
    • 40.830047, -85.177193
    • 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 Kingsland
  • 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 Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
    • Since Kingsland is near Adams County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Kingsland

Communities Also Named Kingsland ...

We found eight communities that are also named Kingsland.

Within Indiana, the name Kingsland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleveland County
      • This Kingsland is located in Cleveland County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Kingsland.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Kingsland is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Kingsland.
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • This Kingsland is located in Camden County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Kingsland.
    • Michigan
      • Eaton County
      • This Kingsland is located in Eaton County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eaton County community of Kingsland.
      • Montmorency 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 Michigan community of Kingsland [Montmorency County].
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • This Kingsland is located in Bergen County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the east of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bergen County community of Kingsland.
    • Texas
      • Llano County
      • This Kingsland is located in Llano County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kingsland that is located in Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Kingsland.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Kingsland [Chesterfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsland ...

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.

  • Craigville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Craigville is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
  • Curryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Curryville is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Honduras
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Honduras is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
  • Liberty Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Center is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
  • Murray
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Poe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Poe is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Toll Gate Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights

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

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

  • Bluffton, which is the Seat of Wells County, lies just to the South.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsland to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Kingsland) 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 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 Kingsland 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 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.
<4>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 Kingsland 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 Kingsland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8300, Longitude: -85.1772       In this case, the coordinates for Kingsland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.84 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.362 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.69 degrees.