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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 Campbelltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campbelltown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Campbelltown:
    • 38.421438, -87.240010
    • 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 Campbelltown
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Campbelltown is near Gibson County and also Davies's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davies's 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 Campbelltown

Communities Also Named Campbelltown ...

We found six communities that are also named Campbelltown.

Within Indiana, the name Campbelltown is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • This Campbelltown is located in Gunnison County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the west of the Campbelltown that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Campbelltown.
    • Maryland
      • Worcester 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 Maryland community of Campbelltown [Worcester County].
    • Ontario
      • This Campbelltown lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Campbelltown that is located in Pike County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Campbelltown is located in Lebanon County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Campbelltown that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Campbelltown.
      • McKean County
      • This Campbelltown is located in McKean County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the east northeast of the Campbelltown that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Campbelltown.
    • West Virginia
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Campbelltown is located in Pocahontas County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the east of the Campbelltown that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Campbelltown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Campbelltown ...

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.

  • Arthur
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Arthur is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Coats Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Coats Spring is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Spring
  • Fritz Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fritz Corner is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz Corner
  • Gray Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Junction is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Junction
  • Hartwell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartwell is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
  • Hartwell Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartwell Junction is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Junction
  • Highbank Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Highbank Town is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
  • Littles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Littles is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
  • Marysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marysville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Oatsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oatsville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
  • Pikeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pikeville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rogers is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Rumble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rumble is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble

How Far From Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Campbelltown and extending to:

  • Petersburg, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Campbelltown to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Campbelltown) 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 Campbelltown 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 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 Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4214, Longitude: -87.2400       In this case, the coordinates for Campbelltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.152 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.519 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.329 degrees.