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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 Liberty Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liberty Center 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 Liberty Center:
- 40.697977, -85.279089
- 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 Liberty Center
- 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 Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
- Since Liberty Center is near Huntington County and also Blackford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blackford 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 Liberty Center
Communities Also Named Liberty Center ...
We found four communities that are also named Liberty Center.
Within Indiana, the name Liberty Center is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Warren County
- This Liberty Center is located in Warren County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the west of the Liberty Center that is located in Wells County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Liberty Center.
- Kansas
- Osborne 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 Liberty Center [Osborne County].
- Montana
- Teton 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 Montana community of Liberty Center [Teton County].
- Ohio
- Henry County
- This Liberty Center is located in Henry County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Liberty Center that is located in Wells County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Liberty Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liberty Center ...
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.
- Buckeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Murray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Petroleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Plum Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toll Gate Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Liberty Center 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 Liberty Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Liberty Center and extending to:
- Bluffton, which is the Seat of Wells County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Liberty Center to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>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 454 miles [730.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty Center) 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 Liberty Center 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 Liberty Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Liberty Center 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 Liberty Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6980, Longitude: -85.2791 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.419 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.779 degrees. |
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