Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elk
- 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 Elk:
- 39.445881, -86.429162
- 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 Elk
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Elk is near Brown County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brown County
- eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Elk ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Elk.
Within Indiana, the name Elk is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Fresno County
- This Elk is located in Fresno County and lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<3> to the west of the Elk that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Elk.
- Mendocino County
- This Elk is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,978 miles [3,183.3 km] to the west northwest of the Elk that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Elk.
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Elk is located in Kanawha County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Elk that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Elk.
- Tucker County
- This Elk is located in Tucker County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the east of the Elk that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Elk.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk ...
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.
- Bear Wallow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Wallow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
- Bear Wallow is located in Brown County
- Bethany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Cope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Exchange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Fields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Hindustan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Martinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <5>
- Maxwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Potato Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potato Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Mound
- Potato Mound is located in Morgan County
- Turkey Track
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Track have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Track
- Turkey Track is located in Morgan County
How Far From Elk 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 Elk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elk and extending to:
- Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Elk to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elk. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Morgan County: www.morgancounty-il.com/
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 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 Elk 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> | 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 Elk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Elk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4459, Longitude: -86.4292 In this case, the coordinates for Elk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Elk 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 313.649 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.086 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.682 degrees. |