Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Broadview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broadview and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Broadview
- 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 Broadview:
- 39.139770, -86.538330
- 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 Broadview
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Broadview is near Greene County and also Owen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Owen 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 Broadview ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Broadview.
There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Broadview.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Grant County
- Lawrence County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Broadview lies 1,768 miles [2,845.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Broadview is located in Caddo Parish and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Broadview.
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Broadview [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Broadview is located in Harford County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<2> to the east of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Broadview.
- Prince George's County
- This Broadview is located in Prince George's County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Broadview.
- Montana
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- This Broadview is located in Buncombe County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Broadview.
- Guilford County
- This Broadview is located in Guilford County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east southeast of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Broadview.
- Iredell County
- This Broadview is located in Iredell County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the southeast of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Broadview.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Broadview lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- This Broadview is located in Crockett County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Broadview.
- Franklin County
- This Broadview is located in Franklin County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the south of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Broadview.
- Maury County
- This Broadview is located in Maury County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south of the Broadview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Broadview.
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broadview ...
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.
- Cascade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Clear Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Eastern Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Heights
- Eastern Heights is located in Monroe County
- Handy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Hunter Switch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Switch
- Hunter Switch is located in Monroe County
- Kirby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Leonard Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Springs
- Leonard Springs is located in Monroe County
- Sunny Slopes
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Slopes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
- Sunny Slopes is located in Monroe County
How Far From Broadview 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 Broadview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Broadview and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Broadview to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Broadview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Broadview 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Broadview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Broadview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1398, Longitude: -86.5383 In this case, the coordinates for Broadview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Broadview, 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 Broadview 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 313.716 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.12 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.817 degrees. |