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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liberty Hills 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 Hills:
- 41.033381, -85.266362
- 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 Hills
- 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 Allen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
- Since Liberty Hills is near Whitley County and also Huntington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntington 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 Hills
Communities Also Named Liberty Hills ...
We found three communities that are also named Liberty Hills.
Within Indiana, the name Liberty Hills is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Liberty Hills is located in Charleston County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Liberty Hills that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Liberty Hills.
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- This Liberty Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Liberty Hills that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Liberty Hills.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Liberty Hills is located in Wood County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Liberty Hills that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Liberty Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liberty Hills ...
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.
- Forest Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Ridge is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lake Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Shores is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
- Manor Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Manor Woods is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Woods
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rolling Hills is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Saturn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Times Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Times Corner is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Corner
How Far From Liberty Hills 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 Liberty Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Liberty Hills and extending to:
- Fort Wayne, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Liberty Hills 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 459 miles [738.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Liberty Hills) 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 Liberty Hills 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 Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0334, Longitude: -85.2664 In this case, the coordinates for Liberty Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.895 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.454 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.67 degrees. |
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