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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 Ireland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ireland 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 Ireland:
- 38.414774, -86.999445
- 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 Ireland
- 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 Dubois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dubois County
- Since Ireland is near Pike County and also Davies's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davies's 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 Ireland
Communities Also Named Ireland ...
We found nine communities that are also named Ireland.
Within Indiana, the name Ireland is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Wilkinson County
- This Ireland is located in Wilkinson County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Ireland.
- Missouri
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ireland.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- This Ireland is located in Grafton County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Ireland.
- Nova Scotia
- This Ireland lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This Ireland is located in Athens County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Ireland.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Ireland.
- Texas
- Coryell County
- This Ireland is located in Coryell County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Ireland.
- Washington
- Clark County
- This Ireland is located in Clark County and lies 1,865 miles [3,001.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ireland.
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- This Ireland is located in Lewis County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ireland that is located in Dubois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ireland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ireland ...
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.
- Hartwell Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartwell Junction is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Junction
- Haysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Highbank Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Huntingburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pennyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pennyville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyville
- Pikeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Portersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Ireland 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 Ireland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ireland and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Dubois County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Ireland to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 537 miles [864.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ireland) 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 Ireland, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Ireland 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 Ireland 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 Ireland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4148, Longitude: -86.9994 In this case, the coordinates for Ireland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.999 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.342 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.222 degrees. |
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