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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 Clarks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarks 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 Clarks:
- 41.133373, -86.890297
- 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 Clarks
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Clarks is near Starke County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Starke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Clarks
Communities Also Named Clarks ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Clarks.
There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Clarks.
Beyond Indiana, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Davies's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Clarks [Davies's County].
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Clarks [Pike County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Clarks [Weld County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Clarks [Cook County].
- Louisiana
- Caldwell Parish
- This Clarks is located in Caldwell Parish and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Clarks that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell Parish community of Clarks.
- Michigan
- Huron County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clarks [Huron County].
- Wexford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clarks [Wexford County].
- Missouri
- Daviess County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clarks [Daviess County].
- Nebraska
- Merrick County
- This Clarks is located in Merrick County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the west of the Clarks that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Clarks.
- Nevada
- Humboldt County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Clarks.
- Lander County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Clarks [Lander County].
- Washoe County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Clarks [Washoe County].
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarks [Coshocton County].
- Darke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarks [Darke County].
- Geauga County
- This Clarks is located in Geauga County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<2> to the east of the Clarks that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Clarks.
- Lake County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarks [Lake County].
- Texas
- Calhoun County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Clarks [Calhoun County].
- Virginia
- Wythe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Clarks [Wythe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarks ...
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.
- English Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- English Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Lake
- Francesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- La Crosse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Laura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laura is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Lena Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lena Park is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena Park
- Moody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moody is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Newland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Radioville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Radioville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radioville
- Stoutsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Clarks 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 Clarks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarks and extending to:
- Winamac, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clarks to Winamac, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 543 miles [873.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Clarks 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clarks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Clarks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Clarks 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 Clarks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1334, Longitude: -86.8903 In this case, the coordinates for Clarks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.95 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.671 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.42 degrees. |
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