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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 Eastern Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastern Heights 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 Eastern Heights:
- 39.174770, -86.480273
- 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 Eastern Heights
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Eastern Heights is near Brown County and also Owen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owen 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 Eastern Heights
Communities Also Named Eastern Heights ...
We found six communities that are also named Eastern Heights.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Eastern Heights.
Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Madison County
- This Eastern Heights is located in Madison County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eastern Heights that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Eastern Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Eastern Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastern Heights that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eastern Heights.
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- This Eastern Heights is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eastern Heights that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Eastern Heights.
- Michigan
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eastern Heights [Kent County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Eastern Heights [Ramsey County].
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Eastern Heights is located in Davidson County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eastern Heights that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Eastern Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastern Heights ...
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.
- Cascade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Handy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Handy is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Hunter Switch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hunter Switch is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Switch
- Knight Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knight Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Ridge
- Leonard Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Springs
- Marlin Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlin Hills is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin Hills
- Sunny Slopes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Slopes is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Eastern Heights 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 Eastern Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastern Heights and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Eastern Heights to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Eastern Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Eastern Heights 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Eastern Heights 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 Eastern Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1748, Longitude: -86.4803 In this case, the coordinates for Eastern Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.679 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.781 degrees. |
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