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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 Hoover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoover 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 Hoover:
- 40.808938, -86.200513
- 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 Hoover
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Hoover is near Miami County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Hoover
Communities Also Named Hoover ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Hoover.
Within Indiana, the name Hoover is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Hoover is located in Jefferson County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the south of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hoover.
- Madison County
- This Hoover is located in Madison County and lies 412 miles [663 km] to the south of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hoover.
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hoover [Benton County].
- Idaho
- Adams County
- This Hoover is located in Adams County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hoover.
- Kansas
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hoover [Hamilton County].
- Missouri
- Platte County
- This Hoover is located in Platte County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Hoover.
- Vernon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hoover [Vernon County].
- Nebraska
- Dundy County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Dundy County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dundy County community of Hoover.
- Ohio
- Marion County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Marion County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hoover.
- Oklahoma
- Garvin County
- This Hoover is located in Garvin County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garvin County community of Hoover.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hoover [Blair County].
- Fayette County
- This Hoover is located in Fayette County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hoover.
- Warren County
- This Hoover is located in Warren County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km] to the east of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hoover.
- South Dakota
- Butte County
- This Hoover is located in Butte County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Hoover.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hoover [Rutherford County].
- Texas
- Gray County
- This Hoover is located in Gray County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gray County community of Hoover.
- Lamar County
- This Hoover is located in Lamar County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the southwest of the Hoover that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Hoover.
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hoover [Rockingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoover ...
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.
- Danes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deedsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Flora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flora is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Little Charlie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Charlie is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Charlie
- Mexico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Onward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Twelve Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
How Far From Hoover 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 Hoover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hoover and extending to:
- Logansport, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hoover to Logansport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hoover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hoover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Hoover could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hoover 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 Hoover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8089, Longitude: -86.2005 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.502 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.114 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.184 degrees. |
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