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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 Jockey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jockey 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 Jockey:
- 38.178383, -87.163336
- 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 Jockey
- 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 Warrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warrick County
- Since Jockey is near Pike County and also Spencer 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 Spencer 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 Jockey
Communities Also Named Jockey ...
We found two communities that are also named Jockey.
Within Indiana, the name Jockey is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Pickens 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 Georgia community of Jockey [Pickens County].
- Tennessee
- Greene 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 Tennessee community of Jockey [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jockey ...
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.
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Fritz Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fritz Corner is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz Corner
- Graham Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Hartwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loafers Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loafers Station is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Station
- Lynnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pigeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Scalesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scalesville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
How Far From Jockey 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 Jockey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Jockey and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Warrick County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jockey to Boonville, with an average speed<4> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Jockey 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Jockey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jockey 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 Jockey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1784, Longitude: -87.1633 In this case, the coordinates for Jockey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.422 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.357 degrees. |
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