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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 Cale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cale 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 Cale:
- 38.795883, -86.751388
- 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 Cale
- 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 Martin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Since Cale is near Lawrence County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Cale
Communities Also Named Cale ...
We found three communities that are also named Cale.
Within Indiana, the name Cale is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- This Cale is located in Nevada County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cale that is located in Martin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Cale.
- British Columbia
- This Cale lies 1,970 miles [3,170.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cale that is located in Martin County.
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cale [Cowley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cale ...
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.
- Bramble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Crane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Georgia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Indian Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Indian Springs is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lacy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Riverview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Scarlet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scarlet is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet
- Scenic Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scenic Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hill
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shoals Overlook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shoals Overlook is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals Overlook
- Silverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Willow Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
How Far From Cale 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 Cale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cale and extending to:
- Shoals, which is the Seat of Martin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cale to Shoals, 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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cale 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> | 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 Cale 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 Cale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7959, Longitude: -86.7514 In this case, the coordinates for Cale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.848 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.222 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.008 degrees. |
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