RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> Washington County >> Fair Acres >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fair Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fair Acres 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 Fair Acres:
    • 38.604224, -86.090255
    • 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 Fair Acres
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Fair Acres is near Jackson County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Fair Acres

Communities Also Named Fair Acres ...

We found four communities that are also named Fair Acres.

Within Indiana, the name Fair Acres is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Fair Acres is located in Cook County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fair Acres that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Fair Acres.
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This Fair Acres is located in Portage County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fair Acres that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Fair Acres.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Fair Acres is located in York County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fair Acres that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Fair Acres.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Fair Acres is located in Sullivan County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fair Acres that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fair Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fair Acres ...

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.

  • Claysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Claysville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Daisy Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Daisy Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Gooseport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gooseport is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseport
  • Harristown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harristown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • New Philadelphia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • New Philadelphia is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
  • Organ Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Organ Springs is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Springs
  • Pumpkin Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Rosebud
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosebud is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
  • Rush Creek Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
  • Shorts Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Shorts Corner is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner

How Far From Fair Acres 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 Fair Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fair Acres and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the West.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fair Acres to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Fair Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fair Acres 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 Fair Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6042, Longitude: -86.0903       In this case, the coordinates for Fair Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.425 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.71 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.759 degrees.