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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 Lincolnshire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire:
    • 41.027548, -85.140248
    • 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 Lincolnshire
  • 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 Allen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
    • Since Lincolnshire is near Wells County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley 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 Lincolnshire

Communities Also Named Lincolnshire ...

We found nine communities that are also named Lincolnshire.

There are three communities within Indiana that are also named Lincolnshire.

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

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Elkhart 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 Lincolnshire [Elkhart County].
    • Grant 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 Lincolnshire [Grant County].
    • Vigo 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 Lincolnshire [Vigo County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Lake County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lincolnshire.
      • Will County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Will County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the west northwest of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Lincolnshire.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Jefferson County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the south of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lincolnshire.
    • Ohio
      • Erie County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Erie County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Lincolnshire.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Richland County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lincolnshire.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Lincolnshire is located in Wood County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lincolnshire that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lincolnshire.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lincolnshire ...

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.

  • Forest Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Forest Ridge is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hillcrest is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Indian Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Village is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lake Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lake Shores is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
  • Liberty Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Hills is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
  • Ludwig Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ludwig Park is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig Park
  • Manor Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Manor Woods is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Woods
  • Maplewood Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Maplewood Park is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
  • Meadowbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Poe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poe is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • River Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • River Haven is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven
  • Rolling Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Royal Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Sunnymeadow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Sunnymeadow is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnymeadow
    • Tanglewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Times Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Times Corner is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Corner

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

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

  • Fort Wayne, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies just to the North.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lincolnshire 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 453 miles [729 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 6,129 miles [9,863.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Lincolnshire 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lincolnshire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0275, Longitude: -85.1402       In this case, the coordinates for Lincolnshire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.814 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.36 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.612 degrees.