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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 Summit Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summit Chapel 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 Summit Chapel:
- 41.245322, -86.084721
- 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 Summit Chapel
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Summit Chapel is near Kosciusko County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Summit Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Summit Chapel ...
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.
- Beaver Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Big Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
- Bourbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claypool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Plymouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Twin Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Summit Chapel 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 Summit Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Summit Chapel and extending to:
- Plymouth, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Summit Chapel to Plymouth, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 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 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summit Chapel) 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 Summit Chapel 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 Summit Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2453, Longitude: -86.0847 In this case, the coordinates for Summit Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.423 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.998 degrees. |
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