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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 Ramblewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramblewood 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 Ramblewood:
    • 41.545606, -85.220807
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ramblewood
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Ramblewood ...

We found nine communities that share the name Ramblewood.

Within Indiana, the name Ramblewood is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle 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 Delaware community of Ramblewood [New Castle County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Ramblewood.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Burlington County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the east of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Ramblewood.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Ramblewood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Berks County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<2> to the east of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Ramblewood.
      • Centre County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Centre County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Ramblewood.
      • York County
      • This Ramblewood is located in York County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the east of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Ramblewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Washington County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ramblewood.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Petersburg City and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Ramblewood that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Ramblewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramblewood ...

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.

  • Gravel Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
    • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in LaGrange County
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in LaGrange County
  • Meadow Shores Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Shores Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Shores Park
    • Meadow Shores Park is located in Steuben County
  • Shady Nook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Nook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
    • Shady Nook is located in LaGrange County
  • Tall Timbers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Timbers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
    • Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County
  • Turkey Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
    • Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
  • Wildwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Steuben County
  • Woodland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
    • Woodland Park is located in LaGrange County

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of LaGrange County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ramblewood to LaGrange, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 468 miles [753.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ramblewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for LaGrange County: www.lagrangecounty.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ramblewood 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramblewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ramblewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5456, Longitude: -85.2208       In this case, the coordinates for Ramblewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Ramblewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.857 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.484 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.489 degrees.









 

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