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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 Fawn River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fawn River 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 Fawn River:
    • 41.781661, -85.342867
    • 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 Fawn River
  • 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 Saint Joseph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph County
    • Since Fawn River is near LaGrange County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 Fawn River

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fawn River ...

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.

  • Breezy Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Breezy Beach is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Beach
  • Colon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
  • Greenfield Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hatmaker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Klingers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Nevada Mills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nevada Mills is located in Steuben County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Mills
  • Panama
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Panama is located in Steuben County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
  • Plato
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sandy Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Beach is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
  • Star Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Star Mill is located in LaGrange County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mill
  • Twin Lakes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Lakes is located in LaGrange County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Valentine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

How Far From Fawn River 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 Fawn River to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fawn River and extending to:

  • Centreville, which is the Seat of Saint Joseph County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fawn River to Centreville, 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.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 77 miles [123.9 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,716 miles [7,589.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fawn River) 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 Fawn River 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 Fawn River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7817, Longitude: -85.3429    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.931 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.604 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.473 degrees.