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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 Happy Hollow Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy Hollow Heights 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 Happy Hollow Heights:
- 40.442813, -86.900288
- 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 Happy Hollow Heights
- 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 Tippecanoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe County
- Since Happy Hollow Heights is near White County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Happy Hollow Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Hollow Heights ...
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.
- Battle Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Crumb Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crumb Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumb Corner
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Meadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Monitor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Octagon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Octagon is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Shadeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
How Far From Happy Hollow Heights 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 Happy Hollow Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Happy Hollow Heights and extending to:
- Lafayette, which is the Seat of Tippecanoe County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Happy Hollow Heights to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Happy Hollow Heights) 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 Happy Hollow Heights 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 Happy Hollow Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4428, Longitude: -86.9003 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Hollow Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.958 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.581 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.624 degrees. |
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