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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 Morgan Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morgan Park 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 Morgan Park:
- 41.608372, -87.045865
- 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 Morgan Park
- 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 Morgan Park is near LaPorte County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Morgan Park
Communities Also Named Morgan Park ...
We found five communities that are also named Morgan Park.
Within Indiana, the name Morgan Park is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Morgan Park is located in Cook County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the west of the Morgan Park that is located in Porter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Morgan Park.
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Morgan Park is located in Baltimore City and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Morgan Park that is located in Porter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Morgan Park.
- Harford County
- This Morgan Park is located in Harford County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east of the Morgan Park that is located in Porter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Morgan Park.
- Michigan
- Calhoun 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 Morgan Park [Calhoun County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Morgan Park is located in Saint Louis County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Morgan Park that is located in Porter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Morgan Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgan Park ...
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.
- Chesterton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Edgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgewater is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Forest Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Graham Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Graham Woods is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Woods
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Long Lake Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Long Lake Island is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Island
- McCool
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McCool is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Shady Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shady Side is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
How Far From Morgan Park 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 Morgan Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morgan Park and extending to:
- Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Morgan Park to Valparaiso, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morgan Park) 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 Morgan Park 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'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 Morgan Park 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 Morgan Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6084, Longitude: -87.0459 In this case, the coordinates for Morgan Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.05 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.852 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.357 degrees. |
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