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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 North Webster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Webster 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 North Webster:
- 41.324970, -85.697866
- 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 North Webster
- 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 Kosciusko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
- Since North Webster is near Noble County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Noble 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 North Webster
Communities Also Named North Webster ...
We found one communities that are also named North Webster.
Within Indiana, the name North Webster is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named North Webster in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of North Webster [Westmoreland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Webster ...
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.
- Between-The-Lakes Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buttermilk Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buttermilk Point is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Point
- Eagle Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eagle Point is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Forest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Highbanks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Highbanks is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbanks
- Indian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lakeview Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Spring is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Spring
- Marineland Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marineland Gardens is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marineland Gardens
- Mineral Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Silver Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Point is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Point
- Stoneburner Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneburner Landing is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneburner Landing
- Stony Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stony Ridge is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Yellowbanks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yellowbanks is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbanks
How Far From North Webster 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 town such as North Webster to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Webster and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Kosciusko County, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from North Webster to Warsaw, 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.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 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 North Webster 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Webster) 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 North Webster 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 North Webster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3250, Longitude: -85.6979 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.17 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.81 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.787 degrees. |
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