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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 Porter Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Porter Crossroads 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 Porter Crossroads:
- 41.399265, -87.161757
- 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 Porter Crossroads
- 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 Porter Crossroads is near Lake County and also LaPorte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte 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 Porter Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Porter Crossroads ...
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.
- Deep River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Deer Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Five Points Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Corner
- Gates Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gates Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Eliza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Eliza is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eliza
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Smoke Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smoke Corner is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Corner
How Far From Porter Crossroads 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 Porter Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Porter Crossroads and extending to:
- Valparaiso, which is the Seat of Porter County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Porter Crossroads 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 561 miles [902.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Porter Crossroads) 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 Porter Crossroads 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 Porter Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3993, Longitude: -87.1618 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.127 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.911 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.475 degrees. |
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