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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 Gatchel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gatchel 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 Gatchel:
- 38.046726, -86.650540
- 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 Gatchel
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Gatchel is near Spencer County and also Breckinridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge 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 Gatchel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gatchel ...
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.
- Branchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Lilly Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Maxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maxville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Ranger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Tell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Terry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Terry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Gatchel 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 Gatchel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gatchel and extending to:
- Tell City, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Gatchel to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gatchel) 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 Gatchel 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 Gatchel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0467, Longitude: -86.6505 In this case, the coordinates for Gatchel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.027 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.16 degrees. |
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