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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 Northwood Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northwood 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 Northwood Hills:
    • 39.961427, -86.061652
    • 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 Northwood 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Northwood Hills is near Marion County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Northwood Hills

Communities Also Named Northwood Hills ...

We found five communities that are also named Northwood Hills.

Within Indiana, the name Northwood Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Northwood Hills is located in Lauderdale County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Northwood Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Northwood Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Northwood Hills [Harrison County].
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Northwood Hills is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Northwood Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Northwood Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Northwood Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Northwood Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Northwood Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This Northwood Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east of the Northwood Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Northwood Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northwood 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.

  • Bluestone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bluestone is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
  • Cedar Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Harvard Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Harvard Park is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Park
  • Heritage Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • Hickory Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • River Edge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • River Edge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
  • Round Up
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Round Up is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Up
  • Stevenson Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stevenson Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Mill
  • Timber Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Timber Springs is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Springs
  • Trails End
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Trails End is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
  • White Horse Rapids
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • White Horse Rapids is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Rapids
  • Winding Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Winding Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek

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

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

  • Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Northwood Hills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northwood 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Northwood 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 Northwood 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 Northwood Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9614, Longitude: -86.0617       In this case, the coordinates for Northwood Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.415 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.893 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.365 degrees.