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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 Graham Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graham Valley 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 Graham Valley:
- 38.150099, -87.290863
- 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 Graham Valley
- 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 Warrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warrick County
- Since Graham Valley is near Pike County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson 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 Graham Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Graham Valley ...
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.
- Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fisherville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fisherville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Jockey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jockey is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey
- Loafers Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Loafers Station is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Station
- Lynnville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Scalesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
How Far From Graham Valley 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 Graham Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Graham Valley and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Warrick County, lies just to the South.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Graham Valley to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 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- Graham Valley) 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 Graham Valley 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 Graham Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1501, Longitude: -87.2909 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.179 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.511 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.422 degrees. |
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