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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 Linnsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Linnsburg 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 Linnsburg:
- 40.000321, -86.800007
- 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 Linnsburg
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Linnsburg is near Boone County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Linnsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Linnsburg ...
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.
- Advance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Bowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Hibernia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lapland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lapland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Log Cabin Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Crossroads
- Mace
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Raccoon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raccoon is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon
- Roachdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
How Far From Linnsburg 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 Linnsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Linnsburg and extending to:
- Crawfordsville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Linnsburg to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Linnsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Linnsburg 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 Linnsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0003, Longitude: -86.8000 In this case, the coordinates for Linnsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.701 degrees. |
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