Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Gilead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Gilead and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Gilead

• 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 East Gilead:
  • 41.781994, -85.083023
  • 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 East Gilead

• 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 Branch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Branch County
  • Since East Gilead is near Steuben County and also LaGrange 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 LaGrange 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 East Gilead

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Gilead ...

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.

• Canada Shores
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Canada Shores is located in Branch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
• Crooked Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Crooked Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake
• Crystal Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Beach is located in Branch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
• Glen Eden
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Eden is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
• Greenfield Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
• Hatmaker
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatmaker is located in Branch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
• Jamestown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Kinderhook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kinderhook is located in Branch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
• Lake James
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lake James is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake James
• Nevada Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Nevada Mills is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Mills
• Panama
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Panama is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
• Pearl Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl Beach is located in Branch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Beach

How Far From East Gilead 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 East Gilead to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Gilead and extending to:

• Coldwater, which is the Seat of Branch County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Gilead to Coldwater, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'