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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 Egg Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Egg Harbor 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 Egg Harbor:
- 38.228656, -87.790584
- 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 Egg Harbor
- 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 Egg Harbor is near Posey County and also Wabash County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Posey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabash 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 Egg Harbor
Communities Also Named Egg Harbor ...
We found one communities that are also named Egg Harbor.
Within Indiana, the name Egg Harbor is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Egg Harbor in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Door County
- This Egg Harbor is located in Door County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the north of the Egg Harbor that is located in Gibson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Door County community of Egg Harbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Egg Harbor ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crawleyville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawleyville
- Cynthiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- New Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poseyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rapture
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rapture is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapture
How Far From Egg Harbor 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 Egg Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Egg Harbor and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Egg Harbor to Princeton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 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 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Egg Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Egg Harbor 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 Egg Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2287, Longitude: -87.7906 In this case, the coordinates for Egg Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.499 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.89 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.629 degrees. |
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