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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 Corn Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corn Brook 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 Corn Brook:
- 39.244371, -85.941446
- 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 Corn Brook
- 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 Bartholomew County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartholomew County
- Since Corn Brook is near Johnson County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Corn Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corn Brook ...
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.
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Edinburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Park is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Park
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jewell Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Petersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Stony Lonesome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Corn Brook 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 Corn Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Corn Brook and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Bartholomew County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Corn Brook to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Corn Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Corn Brook 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 Corn Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2444, Longitude: -85.9414 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.336 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.514 degrees. |
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