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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 Curby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Curby 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 Curby:
- 38.287563, -86.377202
- 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 Curby
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Curby is near Harrison County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Curby
Curious and Interesting Names Near Curby ...
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.
- Carefree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- English
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hogtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogtown
- Little Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Saint Louis is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Saint Louis
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Riddle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Sulphur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Temple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temple is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
How Far From Curby 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 Curby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Curby and extending to:
- English, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Curby to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 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- Curby) 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 Curby 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 Curby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2876, Longitude: -86.3772 In this case, the coordinates for Curby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.868 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.974 degrees. |
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