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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 Grandview Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grandview Lake 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 Grandview Lake:
- 39.152273, -86.046380
- 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 Grandview Lake
- 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 Bartholomew County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartholomew County
- Since Grandview Lake is near Marion County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Grandview Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grandview Lake ...
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.
- Bethany
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Gnaw Bone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake on the Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake on the Green is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake on the Green
- Mount Healthy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Healthy is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Healthy
- Mount Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Stone Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stone Head is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Head
- Stony Lonesome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
How Far From Grandview Lake 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 Grandview Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grandview Lake and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Bartholomew County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Grandview Lake to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 483 miles [777.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 '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- Grandview Lake) 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 Grandview Lake 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 Grandview Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1523, Longitude: -86.0464 In this case, the coordinates for Grandview Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.762 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.587 degrees. |
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