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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 Delong, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delong 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 Delong:
- 41.138019, -86.416544
- 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 Delong
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Delong is near Pulaski County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Delong
Communities Also Named Delong ...
We found two communities that are also named Delong.
Within Indiana, the name Delong is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Delong [Berks County].
- West Virginia
- Pleasants County
- This Delong is located in Pleasants County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Delong that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pleasants County community of Delong.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delong ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Bass Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bass Station is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Station
- Beardstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guise Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guise Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guise Park
- Lake Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maxinkuckee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rutland is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Walnut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Delong 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 Delong to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Delong and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delong to Rochester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Delong could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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- Delong) 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 Delong 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 Delong. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1380, Longitude: -86.4165 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.64 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.19 degrees. |
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