Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in South Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for South Center

• 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 South Center:
  • 41.476433, -86.640017
  • 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 South Center

• 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 LaPorte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for LaPorte County
  • Since South Center is near Starke County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Starke 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 South Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Center ...

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.

• Door Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Door Village is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
• Fish Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fish Lake is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
• Grovertown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Grovertown is located in Starke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
• Hamlet
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlet is located in Starke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlet <1>
• Indian Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Indian Hill is located in Starke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
• Kingsbury
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
• Magee
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Magee is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
• Union Center
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Union Center is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
• Union Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Union Mills is located in LaPorte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Mills <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Center and extending to:

• La Porte, which is the Seat of LaPorte County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Center to La Porte, with an average speed<3> 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'