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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 Crown Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown Center 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 Crown Center:
- 39.579491, -86.589723
- 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 Crown Center
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Crown Center is near Putnam County and also Hendricks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hendricks 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 Crown Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown Center ...
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.
- Alaska
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Allman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Allman is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allman
- Board Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Board Park is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board Park
- Coatesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eminence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Gasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gasburg is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
- Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Joppa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Little Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Point is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
- Pecksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pecksburg is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksburg
- Springtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Springtown is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
How Far From Crown Center 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 Crown Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crown Center and extending to:
- Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crown Center to Martinsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 512 miles [824 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 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 from Point A (ie- Crown Center) 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 Crown Center 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 Crown Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5795, Longitude: -86.5897 In this case, the coordinates for Crown Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.753 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.224 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.72 degrees. |
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