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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 Honduras, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honduras 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 Honduras:
- 40.758094, -85.032981
- 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 Honduras
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Honduras is near Wells County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Honduras
Curious and Interesting Names Near Honduras ...
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.
- Ceylon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Craigville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Domestic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Domestic is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domestic
- Geneva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Kingsland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Murray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Petroleum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Pleasant Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toll Gate Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Honduras 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 Honduras to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Honduras and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Honduras 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Honduras) 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 Honduras 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 Honduras. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7581, Longitude: -85.0330 In this case, the coordinates for Honduras have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.644 degrees. |
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