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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 Floyds Knobs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Floyds Knobs 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 Floyds Knobs:
- 38.324074, -85.872418
- 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 Floyds Knobs
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Floyds Knobs is near Clark County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Floyds Knobs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Floyds Knobs ...
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.
- Cementville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cementville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sellersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Hills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Starlight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Floyds Knobs 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 Floyds Knobs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Floyds Knobs and extending to:
- New Albany, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Floyds Knobs 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Floyds Knobs) 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 Floyds Knobs 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 Floyds Knobs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3241, Longitude: -85.8724 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.284 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.509 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.737 degrees. |
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