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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 Kirkpatrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirkpatrick 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 Kirkpatrick:
- 40.206427, -86.819173
- 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 Kirkpatrick
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Kirkpatrick is near Tippecanoe County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Kirkpatrick
Communities Also Named Kirkpatrick ...
We found four communities that are also named Kirkpatrick.
Within Indiana, the name Kirkpatrick is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Marion County
- This Kirkpatrick is located in Marion County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kirkpatrick that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Kirkpatrick.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kirkpatrick [Multnomah County].
- Umatilla County
- This Kirkpatrick is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,641 miles [2,640.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kirkpatrick that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Kirkpatrick.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kirkpatrick [Chester County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkpatrick ...
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.
- Bowers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Elmdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Log Cabin Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Log Cabin Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Crossroads
- Mace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Meadowbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Smartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Thorntown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Kirkpatrick 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 Kirkpatrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkpatrick and extending to:
- Crawfordsville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kirkpatrick to Crawfordsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 528 miles [849.7 km] to the east (E). 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 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kirkpatrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Kirkpatrick 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kirkpatrick 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 Kirkpatrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2064, Longitude: -86.8192 In this case, the coordinates for Kirkpatrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.904 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.487 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.652 degrees. |
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