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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 Saddle Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saddle Creek 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 Saddle Creek:
- 39.988333, -86.186389
- 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 Saddle Creek
- 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 Saddle Creek is near Boone County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Saddle Creek
Communities Also Named Saddle Creek ...
We found five communities that are also named Saddle Creek.
Within Indiana, the name Saddle Creek is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk 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 Florida community of Saddle Creek [Polk County].
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Saddle Creek is located in Will County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Saddle Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Saddle Creek.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Saddle Creek is located in Montgomery County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<2> to the east of the Saddle Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Saddle Creek.
- Nebraska
- Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Saddle Creek [Douglas County].
- South Dakota
- Lincoln 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 South Dakota community of Saddle Creek [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saddle Creek ...
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.
- Chesterton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterton is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterton
- Eagle Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Eagletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eagletown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Echo Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Crest is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Crest
- Home Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Kings Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Mill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Orchard Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Spring Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Hollow is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
- Spring Mill Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Mill Woods is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Woods
- Zionsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Saddle Creek 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 Saddle Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saddle Creek and extending to:
- Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saddle Creek to Noblesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Saddle Creek 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saddle Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Saddle Creek 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 Saddle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9883, Longitude: -86.1864 In this case, the coordinates for Saddle Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.495 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.988 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.416 degrees. |
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