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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 Simonton Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Simonton Lake 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 Simonton Lake:
- 41.754216, -85.975001
- 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 Simonton Lake
- 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 Elkhart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Since Simonton Lake is near Cass County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Simonton Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Simonton Lake ...
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.
- Dailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- De Camp Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Camp Gardens is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp Gardens
- Diamond Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Diamond Shores is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
- Eagle Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle Point is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Edwardsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Spring Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Beach is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Simonton Lake 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 Simonton Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Simonton Lake and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Elkhart County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Simonton Lake to Goshen, 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.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). 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 509 miles [819.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,743 miles [7,633.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Simonton Lake) 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 Simonton Lake 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 Simonton Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7542, Longitude: -85.9750 In this case, the coordinates for Simonton Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.345 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.79 degrees. |
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