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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 Lincoln Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lincoln Hills 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 Lincoln Hills:
    • 41.468372, -87.107809
    • 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 Lincoln Hills
  • 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 Porter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Porter County
    • Since Lincoln Hills is near Lake County and also LaPorte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte 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 Lincoln Hills

Communities Also Named Lincoln Hills ...

We found four communities that are also named Lincoln Hills.

Within Indiana, the name Lincoln Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gilpin County
      • This Lincoln Hills is located in Gilpin County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lincoln Hills that is located in Porter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilpin County community of Lincoln Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the south of the Lincoln Hills that is located in Porter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Lincoln Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Lincoln Hills is located in Adams County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lincoln Hills that is located in Porter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Lincoln Hills.
      • DuPage 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 Illinois community of Lincoln Hills [DuPage County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lincoln Hills ...

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.

  • Deep River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Deep River is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
  • Edgewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgewater is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Forest Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Forest Oaks is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
  • Gates Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gates Corner is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Lake Eliza
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Eliza is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eliza
  • Lake View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Long Lake Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Lake Island is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Island
  • Porter Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
  • Smoke Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoke Corner is located in Porter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Corner

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

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

  • Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Lincoln Hills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lincoln Hills) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lincoln Hills 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 Lincoln Hills 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 Lincoln Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4684, Longitude: -87.1078       In this case, the coordinates for Lincoln Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.091 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.88 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.428 degrees.