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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 Art, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Art 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 Art:
- 39.402686, -87.154885
- 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 Art
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Art is near Vigo County and also Owen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vigo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owen 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 Art
Communities Also Named Art ...
We found two communities that are also named Art.
Within Indiana, the name Art is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Newton 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 Missouri community of Art [Newton County].
- Texas
- Mason County
- This Art is located in Mason County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Art that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Art.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Art ...
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.
- Billtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Billville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Brazil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Center Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherryvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherryvale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Clay City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cloverland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cottage Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Eel River
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corner is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
- Hickory Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Island is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Island
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Hoosierville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoosierville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosierville
- Prairie City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Purdy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Purdy Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Hill
- Saline City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Twin Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twin Beach is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Beach
How Far From Art 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 Art to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Art and extending to:
- Brazil, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the North.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Art to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,892 miles [7,872.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Art 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Art) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Art 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 Art. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4027, Longitude: -87.1549 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.115 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.614 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.031 degrees. |
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