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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 Vanmeter Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanmeter Park 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 Vanmeter Park:
- 41.085875, -86.568064
- 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 Vanmeter Park
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Vanmeter Park is near Fulton County and also Starke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Starke 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 Vanmeter Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanmeter Park ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Bass Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bass Station is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Station
- Beardstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Grass Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Guise Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Guise Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guise Park
- Lake Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Lena Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lena Park is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena Park
- Maxinkuckee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Toto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
How Far From Vanmeter Park 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 Vanmeter Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vanmeter Park and extending to:
- Winamac, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Vanmeter Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vanmeter Park) 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 Vanmeter Park 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 Vanmeter Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0859, Longitude: -86.5681 In this case, the coordinates for Vanmeter Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.74 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.279 degrees. |
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