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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 Letts Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Letts Corner 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 Letts Corner:
- 39.234724, -85.575016
- 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 Letts Corner
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Letts Corner is near Bartholomew County and also Jennings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartholomew County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jennings 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 Letts Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Letts Corner ...
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.
- Alert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brewersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brewersville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Craig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craig is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harris City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinhook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Rugby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
How Far From Letts Corner 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 Letts Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Letts Corner and extending to:
- Greensburg, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Letts Corner to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Letts Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Letts Corner 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 Letts Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2347, Longitude: -85.5750 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.103 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.432 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.348 degrees. |
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