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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 Cannelton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cannelton 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 Cannelton:
- 37.910398, -86.736875
- 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 Cannelton
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Cannelton is near Hancock County and also Spencer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer 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 Cannelton
Communities Also Named Cannelton ...
We found three communities that are also named Cannelton.
Within Indiana, the name Cannelton is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This Cannelton is located in Beaver County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cannelton that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Cannelton.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Cannelton is located in Fayette County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cannelton that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Cannelton.
- Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Cannelton [Kanawha County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cannelton ...
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.
- Chambers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Dukes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dukes is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Floral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floral is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Lilly Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Maxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maxville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Skillman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Skillman is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Sunny Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Corner is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Corner
- Tell City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Cannelton 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 Cannelton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cannelton and extending to:
- Tell City, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Cannelton to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>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 529 miles [851.3 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 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,940 miles [7,950.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Cannelton) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cannelton 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 Cannelton 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 Cannelton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9104, Longitude: -86.7369 In this case, the coordinates for Cannelton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.822 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.067 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.234 degrees. |
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