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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 Gwynneville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gwynneville 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 Gwynneville:
- 39.661300, -85.648890
- 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 Gwynneville
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Gwynneville is near Rush County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Gwynneville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gwynneville ...
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.
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Fountaintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knighthood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Rays Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Gwynneville 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 Gwynneville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gwynneville and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gwynneville to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 463 miles [745.1 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 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 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- Gwynneville) 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 Gwynneville 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 Gwynneville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6613, Longitude: -85.6489 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.26 degrees. |
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