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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 Keytsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keytsville 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 Keytsville:
- 39.651433, -87.012235
- 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 Keytsville
- 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 Parke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parke County
- Since Keytsville is near Putnam County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Keytsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keytsville ...
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.
- Brick Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Chapel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Chapel
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Diamond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Ferndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Fox Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fox Ridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Greencastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Limedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Mechanicsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- New Discovery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Discovery is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Discovery
- Pleasant Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Gardens is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gardens
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Reelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Smockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smockville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smockville
- Snow Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Wickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wickville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickville
How Far From Keytsville 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 Keytsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Keytsville and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Parke County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Keytsville to Rockville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 535 miles [861 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Keytsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Keytsville 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 Keytsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6514, Longitude: -87.0122 In this case, the coordinates for Keytsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.026 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.897 degrees. |
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