Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Liber, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liber and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Liber

• 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 Liber:
  • 40.408101, -84.969412
  • 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 Liber

• 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 Jay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jay County
  • Since Liber is near Randolph County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Liber

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liber ...

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.

• Blaine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Blaine is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
• Boundary City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Boundary City is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
• Center
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Center is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
• College Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • College Corner is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner
• Greene
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Greene is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
• Noble
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Noble is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
• Pleasant Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Ridge is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
• Pony
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pony is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
• Powers
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Powers is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
• Randolph
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Randolph is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph

How Far From Liber 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 Liber to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Liber and extending to:

• Portland, which is the Seat of Jay County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Liber to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 434 miles [698.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,758 miles [7,657.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'