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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 Tall Timbers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers:
    • 41.550606, -85.234141
    • 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 Tall Timbers
  • 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 Tall Timbers is near Steuben County and also Noble County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble 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 Tall Timbers

Communities Also Named Tall Timbers ...

We found five communities that are also named Tall Timbers.

There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Tall Timbers.

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

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tall Timbers [Grant County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Tall Timbers that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Tall Timbers.
      • Orleans Parish
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Orleans Parish and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km] to the south southwest of the Tall Timbers that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Tall Timbers.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tall Timbers.
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east southeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in LaGrange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Tall Timbers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall Timbers ...

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.

  • Gravel Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greenwood is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadow Shores Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Shores Park is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Shores Park
  • Ramblewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
  • Shady Nook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Shady Nook is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
  • Turkey Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
  • Wildwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Woodland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Woodland Park is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of LaGrange County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tall Timbers to LaGrange, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tall Timbers 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Tall Timbers) 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 Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5506, Longitude: -85.2341       In this case, the coordinates for Tall Timbers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.865 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.495 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.494 degrees.