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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 Capperas Banks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capperas Banks 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 Capperas Banks:
- 38.312568, -85.794409
- 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 Capperas Banks
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Capperas Banks is near Floyd County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Capperas Banks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Capperas Banks ...
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.
- Arctic Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Arctic Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs
- Cementville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cementville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville
- Clarksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Floyds Knobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- German Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- German Town is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town
- Graysville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mockingbird Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Sellersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silver Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
How Far From Capperas Banks 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 community such as Capperas Banks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Capperas Banks once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Capperas Banks and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Capperas Banks to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Capperas Banks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Capperas Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Capperas Banks 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 Capperas Banks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3126, Longitude: -85.7944 In this case, the coordinates for Capperas Banks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.235 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.705 degrees. |
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