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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 Indiana Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indiana Beach 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 Indiana Beach:
- 40.791574, -86.770300
- 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 Indiana Beach
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Indiana Beach is near Carroll County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Indiana Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indiana Beach ...
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.
- Breezy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Breezy Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Golden Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Golden Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Guernsey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Scarlet Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scarlet Oaks is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Oaks
- Terrace Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Terrace Bay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Bay
- Walnut Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Gardens is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Gardens
How Far From Indiana Beach 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 Indiana Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Indiana Beach and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of White County, lies just to the South.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Indiana Beach to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 532 miles [856.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Indiana Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Indiana Beach 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 Indiana Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7916, Longitude: -86.7703 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.873 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.534 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.462 degrees. |
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