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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 Caborn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caborn 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 Caborn:
- 37.970616, -87.791818
- 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 Caborn
- 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 Posey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Posey County
- Since Caborn is near Vanderburgh County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vanderburgh County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Caborn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caborn ...
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.
- Cypress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Dead Mans Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dead Mans Crossing is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Mans Crossing
- Erwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Erwin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Hepburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mud Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mud Center is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Center
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Red Bank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Bank is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Solitude
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Caborn to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Caborn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Caborn and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Posey County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Caborn to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caborn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Caborn 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 Caborn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9706, Longitude: -87.7918 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.493 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.847 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.694 degrees. |
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