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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 Knox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knox 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 Knox:
- 39.823101, -85.541919
- 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 Knox
- 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since Knox is near Rush County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Knox
Communities Also Named Knox ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Knox.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Knox.
Beyond Indiana, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Starke County
- This Knox is located in Starke County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Knox.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Bibb 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 Georgia community of Knox [Bibb County].
- Illinois
- Knox County
- This Knox is located in Knox County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Knox.
- Iowa
- Fremont 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 Iowa community of Knox [Fremont County].
- Kansas
- Sumner 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 Kansas community of Knox [Sumner County].
- Maine
- Waldo County
- This Knox is located in Waldo County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Knox.
- Manitoba
- This Knox lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This Knox is located in Attala County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Knox.
- Missouri
- Knox 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 Missouri community of Knox [Knox County].
- Polk County
- This Knox is located in Polk County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Knox.
- Montana
- Yellowstone County
- This Knox is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Knox.
- Nebraska
- York County
- This Knox is located in York County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Knox.
- New York
- Albany County
- This Knox is located in Albany County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Knox.
- North Dakota
- Benson County
- This Knox is located in Benson County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Knox.
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Knox [Knox County].
- Paulding 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 Ohio community of Knox [Paulding County].
- Vinton County
- This Knox is located in Vinton County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Knox.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Knox [Beaver County].
- Clarion County
- This Knox is located in Clarion County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Knox.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- This Knox is located in Chester County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Knox that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Knox.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knox ...
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.
- Carthage
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Charlottesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Henry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Knightstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Valley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
- Raysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raysville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
- Spiceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stone Quarry Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Quarry Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Quarry Mills
- Sulphur Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Spring is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
How Far From Knox 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 Knox to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knox and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Knox to New Castle, with an average speed<5> 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Knox) 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 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 Knox 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> | 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 Knox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Knox 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 Knox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8231, Longitude: -85.5419 In this case, the coordinates for Knox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.082 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.493 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.163 degrees. |
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