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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 Shelburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Shelburn 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 East Shelburn:
- 39.174486, -87.379741
- 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 Shelburn
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since East Shelburn is near Clay County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Shelburn
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Shelburn ...
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.
- Blackhawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Brown Jug Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Jug Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Jug Corner
- Curryville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Curryville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Farmersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Jasonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Massacre
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Massacre is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massacre
- Prairie Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Scotchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Standard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Standard is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Stringtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From East Shelburn 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 Shelburn 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 Shelburn and extending to:
- Sullivan, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from East Shelburn 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Shelburn) 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 Shelburn 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 Shelburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1745, Longitude: -87.3797 In this case, the coordinates for East Shelburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.256 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.744 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.197 degrees. |
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