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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 Schererville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schererville 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 Schererville:
- 41.486977, -87.444480
- 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 Schererville
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Schererville is near Cook County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Schererville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schererville ...
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.
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Crown Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gerry Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gerry Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerry Park
- Glen Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Hartsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Independence Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Independence Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Hill
- Liberty Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lincoln Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lottaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Merrillville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Munster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Creek Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Schererville 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 town such as Schererville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Schererville and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Schererville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 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 '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- Schererville) 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 Schererville 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 Schererville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4870, Longitude: -87.4445 In this case, the coordinates for Schererville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.313 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.136 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.588 degrees. |
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