Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Highbank Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highbank Town and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Highbank Town

• 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 Highbank Town:
  • 38.514494, -87.150287
  • 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 Highbank Town

• 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
  • Since Highbank Town is near Davies's County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Davies's County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Highbank Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highbank Town ...

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.

• Black Oak
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Black Oak is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
• Corning
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Corning is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
• Hartwell Junction
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hartwell Junction is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Junction
• Ireland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ireland is located in Dubois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ireland <1>
• Littles
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Littles is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
• Maysville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maysville is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Pennyville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pennyville is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyville
• Pond Creek Mills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
• Portersville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Portersville is located in Dubois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
• Rogers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rogers is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
• Rumble
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rumble is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
• Sandy Hook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
• Waco
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Waco is located in Davies's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco

How Far From Highbank Town to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Highbank Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Highbank Town and extending to:

• Petersburg, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Highbank Town to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'