Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bartlettsville:
  • 38.970328, -86.441937
  • 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 Bartlettsville

• 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Since Bartlettsville is near Monroe County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Bartlettsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartlettsville ...

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.

• Chapel Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Coveyville
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Coveyville is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveyville
• Dark Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dark Hollow is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Hollow
• Erie
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
• Harrodsburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
• Judah
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Judah is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
• Needmore
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Needmore is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Peerless
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Peerless is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
• Yellowstone
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone

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

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

• Bedford, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bartlettsville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 504 miles [811.1 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'