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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 Stony Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek:
    • 41.534772, -85.649987
    • 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 Stony 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 LaGrange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange County
    • Since Stony Creek is near Noble County and also Elkhart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart 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 Stony Creek

Communities Also Named Stony Creek ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Stony Creek.

Within Indiana, the name Stony Creek is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Stony Creek is located in New Haven County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the east of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Stony Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Monroe County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Stony Creek.
      • Oakland County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Oakland County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Stony Creek.
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Stony Creek.
    • New York
      • Warren County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Warren County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stony Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Caswell County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Stony Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Carbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Carbon County].
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the east of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Stony Creek.
      • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Somerset County].
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stony Creek [Carter County].
    • Virginia
      • Sussex County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Stony Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony 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.

  • Buttermilk Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Buttermilk Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Point
  • Cedar Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Emma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Emma is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Enchanted Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Enchanted Hills is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
  • Honeyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Honeyville is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
  • Marineland Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Marineland Gardens is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marineland Gardens
  • New Paris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pickwick Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pickwick Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Park
  • South Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
  • Sunrise Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sunrise Beach is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of LaGrange County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Creek to LaGrange, with an average speed<4> 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 489 miles [787 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,125 miles [9,857.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Stony 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.
<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 Stony 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 Stony Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5348, Longitude: -85.6500       In this case, the coordinates for Stony Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.136 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.801 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.70 degrees.