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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 Harley Siding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harley Siding 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 Harley Siding:
- 40.551425, -86.634726
- 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 Harley Siding
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Harley Siding is near Tippecanoe County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Harley Siding
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harley Siding ...
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.
- Burrows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Delphi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Flax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flax is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flax
- Flora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Rockfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Sandy Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Beach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Yeoman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
How Far From Harley Siding 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 Harley Siding to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harley Siding and extending to:
- Delphi, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Harley Siding 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 522 miles [840.1 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 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 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 '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- Harley Siding) 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 Harley Siding 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 Harley Siding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5514, Longitude: -86.6347 In this case, the coordinates for Harley Siding have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.785 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.40 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.466 degrees. |
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