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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 Attica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Attica 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 Attica:
    • 40.287986, -87.250219
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Attica
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Attica ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Attica.

Within Indiana, the name Attica is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Randolph County
      • This Attica is located in Randolph County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Attica.
    • Georgia
      • Jackson County
      • This Attica is located in Jackson County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Attica.
    • Iowa
      • Marion County
      • This Attica is located in Marion County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Attica.
    • Kansas
      • Harper County
      • This Attica is located in Harper County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harper County community of Attica.
      • Lyon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Attica [Lyon County].
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer County
      • This Attica is located in Lapeer County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Attica.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Attica [Aitkin County].
    • New York
      • Wyoming County
      • This Attica is located in Wyoming County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Attica.
    • Ohio
      • Seneca County
      • This Attica is located in Seneca County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Attica.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Attica lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green County
      • This Attica is located in Green County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Attica that is located in Fountain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Attica.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Attica ...

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.

  • Carbondale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Warren County
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Warren County
  • Fountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
    • Fountain is located in Fountain County
  • Hunter Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Corner
    • Hunter Corner is located in Fountain County
  • Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Warren County
  • Kramer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kramer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
    • Kramer is located in Warren County
  • Maysville Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville Crossing
    • Maysville Crossing is located in Fountain County
  • Rob Roy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rob Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
    • Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
  • Rocky Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Rocky Ford is located in Warren County
  • Stone Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
    • Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
  • Vine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
    • Vine is located in Fountain County

How Far From Attica 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 city such as Attica to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Attica and extending to:

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Fountain County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Attica to Covington, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 551 miles [886.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Attica. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fountain County: www.co.fountain.in.us/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Attica) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Attica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2880, Longitude: -87.2502    
<2>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 Attica 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Attica to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.185 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.819 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.834 degrees.









 

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