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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 East Mount Carmel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Mount Carmel and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 East Mount Carmel:
    • 38.393380, -87.744750
    • 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 East Mount Carmel
  • 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 Gibson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
    • Since East Mount Carmel is near Wabash County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wabash County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 East Mount Carmel

Communities Also Named East Mount Carmel ...

We found one communities that are also named East Mount Carmel.

Within Indiana, the name East Mount Carmel is unique.

Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named East Mount Carmel in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of East Mount Carmel.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Mount Carmel ...

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.

  • Crawleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crawleyville is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawleyville
  • Egg Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Egg Harbor is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
  • Friendsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendsville is located in Wabash County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
  • Hickory Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Jimtown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jimtown is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • King
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • King is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Rock is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Lyles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lyles is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
  • Maud
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maud is located in Wabash County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
  • Twin Bridges
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Bridges is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges

How Far From East Mount Carmel 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 East Mount Carmel to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Mount Carmel and extending to:

  • Princeton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Mount Carmel to Princeton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 East Mount Carmel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Mount Carmel) 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 East Mount Carmel 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 East Mount Carmel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3934, Longitude: -87.7447       In this case, the coordinates for East Mount Carmel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.474 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.884 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.567 degrees.