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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 Billingsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Billingsville 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 Billingsville:
- 39.555958, -84.909778
- 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 Billingsville
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Billingsville is near Franklin County and also Preble County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preble 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 Billingsville
Communities Also Named Billingsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Billingsville.
Within Indiana, the name Billingsville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Billingsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Cooper County
- This Billingsville is located in Cooper County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the west of the Billingsville that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Billingsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Billingsville ...
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.
- Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Charlottesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charlottesville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- College Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cottage Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Dunlapsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlapsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlapsville
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lotus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lotus is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Mixersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mixersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixersville
- Old Bath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Bath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bath
- Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
How Far From Billingsville 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 Billingsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Billingsville and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Billingsville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Billingsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Billingsville 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 Billingsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5560, Longitude: -84.9098 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.681 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.95 degrees. |
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