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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 Northcrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northcrest 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 Northcrest:
    • 41.123104, -85.134971
    • 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 Northcrest
  • 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 Northcrest is near Whitley County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Northcrest

Communities Also Named Northcrest ...

We found seven communities that are also named Northcrest.

Within Indiana, the name Northcrest is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Northcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Northcrest.
    • California
      • Del Norte 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 California community of Northcrest [Del Norte County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Northcrest is located in New Castle County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the east of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Northcrest.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Northcrest is located in Wood County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Northcrest.
    • Ontario
      • This Northcrest lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • This Northcrest is located in McLennan County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Northcrest.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Northcrest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the west of the Northcrest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Northcrest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northcrest ...

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.

  • Academie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Academie is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academie
  • Allen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Allen is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Hillcrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hillcrest is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Indian Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Village is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Ludwig Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Ludwig Park is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig Park
  • Maplewood Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood Park is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
  • Meadowbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • River Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • River Haven is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven
  • Royal Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Royville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Royville is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royville
  • Sunnymeadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sunnymeadow is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnymeadow
  • Times Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Times Corner is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Corner

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

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

  • Fort Wayne, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies just to the South.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Northcrest to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 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 6,125 miles [9,857.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Northcrest) 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 Northcrest 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 Northcrest 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 Northcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1231, Longitude: -85.1350       In this case, the coordinates for Northcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.809 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.368 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.58 degrees.