Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dickeyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dickeyville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dickeyville
- 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 Dickeyville:
- 38.156325, -87.220639
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dickeyville
- 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 Warrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warrick County
- Since Dickeyville is near Pike County and also Spencer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- eBird sighting report for Spencer 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dickeyville ...
We found three communities that share the name Dickeyville.
Within Indiana, the name Dickeyville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Phillips 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 Kansas community of Dickeyville [Phillips County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Dickeyville is located in Baltimore City and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the east of the Dickeyville that is located in Warrick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Dickeyville.
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- This Dickeyville is located in Grant County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Dickeyville that is located in Warrick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dickeyville.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dickeyville ...
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.
- Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Fritz Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritz Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz Corner
- Fritz Corner is located in Pike County
- Graham Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jockey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Loafers Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loafers Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Station
- Loafers Station is located in Warrick County
- Lynnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynnville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Lynnville is located in Warrick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynnville <4>
- Pigeon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Rosebud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Scalesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scalesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Scalesville is located in Warrick County
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Dickeyville 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 Dickeyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Dickeyville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dickeyville and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Warrick County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Dickeyville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Warrick County: www.warrickcounty.gov/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dickeyville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dickeyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dickeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1563, Longitude: -87.2206 In this case, the coordinates for Dickeyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dickeyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Dickeyville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.134 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.46 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.389 degrees. |