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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 Beaver City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver City 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 Beaver City:
- 40.906980, -87.415583
- 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 Beaver City
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Beaver City is near Iroquois County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Beaver City
Communities Also Named Beaver City ...
We found three communities that are also named Beaver City.
Within Indiana, the name Beaver City is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Chaffee County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Beaver City.
- Nebraska
- Furnas County
- This Beaver City is located in Furnas County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the west of the Beaver City that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Beaver City.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This Beaver City is located in Clarion County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the east of the Beaver City that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Beaver City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver City ...
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.
- Beaverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Donovan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Egypt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fair Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kentland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Morocco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
How Far From Beaver City 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 Beaver City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaver City and extending to:
- Kentland, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Beaver City to Kentland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 566 miles [910.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beaver City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaver City) 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 Beaver City 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 Beaver City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9070, Longitude: -87.4156 In this case, the coordinates for Beaver City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.295 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.032 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.739 degrees. |
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