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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 County Squire Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to County Squire Lakes 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 County Squire Lakes:
- 39.034776, -85.698583
- 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 County Squire Lakes
- 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 Jennings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jennings County
- Since County Squire Lakes is near Jackson County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 County Squire Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near County Squire Lakes ...
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.
- Alert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Brewersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brewersville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Butlerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Grayford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peters Switch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
- Queensville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Staples Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Staples Ford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples Ford
- Tannersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tannersville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannersville
- Walnut Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
How Far From County Squire Lakes 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 County Squire Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in County Squire Lakes and extending to:
- Vernon, which is the Seat of Jennings County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from County Squire Lakes to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 464 miles [746.7 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 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 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 '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- County Squire Lakes) 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 County Squire Lakes 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 County Squire Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0348, Longitude: -85.6986 In this case, the coordinates for County Squire Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.181 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.492 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.461 degrees. |
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