Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Boonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boonville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Boonville
- 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 Boonville:
- 38.045327, -87.274584
- 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 Boonville
- 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 Warrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warrick County
- Since Boonville is near Spencer County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- eBird sighting report for Henderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Boonville ...
We found eight communities that share the name Boonville.
Within Indiana, the name Boonville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boonville ...
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.
- Bullocktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullocktown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocktown
- Bullocktown is located in Warrick County
- Castle Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
- Castle Garden is located in Warrick County
- Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Dayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Graham Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Red Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rustic Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Rustic Hills is located in Warrick County
- Yankeetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
- Yankeetown is located in Warrick County
How Far From Boonville 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 city such as Boonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boonville and extending to:
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Boonville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Warrick County: www.warrickcounty.gov/
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- Boonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0453, Longitude: -87.2746 In this case, the coordinates for Boonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Boonville 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> | 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 Boonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Boonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.166 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.481 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.442 degrees. |