Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cantaloupe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cantaloupe and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cantaloupe

• 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 Cantaloupe:
  • 38.531436, -87.519466
  • 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 Cantaloupe

• 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
  • Since Cantaloupe is near Gibson County and also Pike 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 Pike 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 Cantaloupe

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cantaloupe ...

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.

• Coats Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Coats Spring is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Spring
• Decker
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Decker is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
• Decker Chapel
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Decker Chapel is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Chapel
• Five Points
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Five Points is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Little Rock
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little Rock is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
• Mount Olympus
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Olympus is located in Gibson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
• Oatsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oatsville is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
• Rumble
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rumble is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
• Sand Barrens
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Barrens is located in Lawrence County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Barrens
• Twin Bridges
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Twin Bridges is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
• Union
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Union is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cantaloupe and extending to:

• Vincennes, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cantaloupe to Vincennes, with an average speed<2> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'