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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 Gatesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gatesville 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 Gatesville:
    • 39.261716, -86.146382
    • 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 Gatesville
  • 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Since Gatesville is near Johnson County and also Bartholomew County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartholomew 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 Gatesville

Communities Also Named Gatesville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Gatesville.

There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Gatesville.

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

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Gatesville [Monroe County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gatesville [Colbert County].
    • Iowa
      • Buchanan County
      • This Gatesville is located in Buchanan County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<3> to the northwest of the Gatesville that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Gatesville.
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gatesville [Clay County].
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Gatesville is located in Webster County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Gatesville that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Gatesville.
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gatesville [Chippewa County].
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • This Gatesville is located in Copiah County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Gatesville that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Gatesville.
    • North Carolina
      • Gates County
      • This Gatesville is located in Gates County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Gatesville that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gates County community of Gatesville.
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • This Gatesville is located in Coryell County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Gatesville that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Gatesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gatesville ...

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.

  • Beanblossom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Beanblossom is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
    • Beanblossom has also been known as:
    • Bean Blossom
  • Bethany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethany is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Cornelius
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cornelius is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
  • Fruitdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruitdale is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
  • Gnaw Bone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Helmsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Helmsburg is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
  • Kansas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kansas is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Lake on the Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lake on the Green is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake on the Green
  • Mount Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
  • Spearsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spearsville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
  • Stony Lonesome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
  • Sweetwater Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sweetwater Lake is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Lake
  • Town Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Town Hill is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill

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

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

  • Nashville, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Gatesville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Gatesville 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 Gatesville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gatesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Gatesville 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 Gatesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2617, Longitude: -86.1464       In this case, the coordinates for Gatesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.467 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.852 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.603 degrees.