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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 Dead Mans Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dead Mans Crossing 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 Dead Mans Crossing:
- 37.958378, -87.908361
- 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 Dead Mans Crossing
- 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 Posey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Posey County
- Since Dead Mans Crossing is near White County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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 Dead Mans Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dead Mans Crossing ...
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.
- Emma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Erwin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Erwin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Farmersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Hepburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- New Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Rising Sun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Solitude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
How Far From Dead Mans Crossing 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 Dead Mans Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dead Mans Crossing and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Posey County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dead Mans Crossing to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 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 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dead Mans Crossing) 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 Dead Mans Crossing 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 Dead Mans Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9584, Longitude: -87.9084 In this case, the coordinates for Dead Mans Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.93 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.75 degrees. |
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