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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 Crawleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crawleyville 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 Crawleyville:
- 38.283379, -87.833363
- 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 Crawleyville
- 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 Gibson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
- Since Crawleyville is near Wabash County and also Posey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabash County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Posey 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 Crawleyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crawleyville ...
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.
- Cynthiana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Egg Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Egg Harbor is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Grayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Hickory Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Jimtown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Maud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maud is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Poseyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rapture
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rapture is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapture
How Far From Crawleyville 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 Crawleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crawleyville and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crawleyville to Princeton, with an average speed<3> 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 136 miles [218.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crawleyville) 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 Crawleyville 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 Crawleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2834, Longitude: -87.8334 In this case, the coordinates for Crawleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.528 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.635 degrees. |
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