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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 Westmoor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westmoor 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 Westmoor:
- 41.069215, -85.210528
- 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 Westmoor
- 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 Allen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
- Since Westmoor is near Whitley County and also Huntington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntington 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 Westmoor
Communities Also Named Westmoor ...
We found one communities that are also named Westmoor.
Within Indiana, the name Westmoor is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Westmoor in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Crawford 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 Ohio community of Westmoor [Crawford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westmoor ...
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.
- Forest Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Ridge is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lake Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shores is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
- Liberty Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hills is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
- Ludwig Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ludwig Park is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig Park
- Manor Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Woods is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Woods
- Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Times Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Times Corner is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Corner
How Far From Westmoor 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 Westmoor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Westmoor and extending to:
- Fort Wayne, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies just to the East.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Westmoor 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,740 miles [7,628.3 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 Westmoor 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' (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- Westmoor) 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 Westmoor 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 Westmoor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0692, Longitude: -85.2105 In this case, the coordinates for Westmoor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.417 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.632 degrees. |
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