Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Idaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idaville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Idaville
- 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 Idaville:
- 40.756984, -86.649453
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Idaville
- 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Idaville is near Carroll County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- eBird sighting report for Cass 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Idaville ...
We found five communities that share the name Idaville.
Within Indiana, the name Idaville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Osborne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Idaville [Osborne County].
- Reno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Idaville [Reno County].
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idaville ...
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.
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in White County
- Breezy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Breezy Point is located in Carroll County
- Cedar Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedar Point is located in White County
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Cass County
- Golden Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Golden Hill is located in White County
- Indiana Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Rockfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Sandy Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Sandy Beach is located in Carroll County
- Scarlet Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarlet Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Oaks
- Scarlet Oaks is located in Carroll County
- Terrace Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Bay
- Terrace Bay is located in Carroll County
- Walnut Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Gardens
- Walnut Gardens is located in Carroll County
- Yeoman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
How Far From Idaville 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 Idaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idaville and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of White County, lies just to the West.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Idaville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 525 miles [844.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Idaville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Idaville 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Idaville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7570, Longitude: -86.6495 In this case, the coordinates for Idaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Idaville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.439 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.414 degrees. |