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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 Logansport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Logansport and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Logansport:
    • 40.754336, -86.356943
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Logansport
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Logansport ...

We found seven communities that share the name Logansport.

Within Indiana, the name Logansport is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Logansport [Hamilton County].
    • Iowa
      • Boone County
      • This Logansport is located in Boone County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Logansport that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Logansport.
    • Kansas
      • Logan County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Logansport.
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Logansport is located in Butler County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the south of the Logansport that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Logansport.
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Logansport is located in De Soto Parish and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Logansport that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Logansport.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Logansport [Armstrong County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Logansport is located in Marion County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Logansport that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Logansport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Logansport ...

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.

  • Burrows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burrows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
    • Burrows is located in Carroll County
  • Danes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danes
    • Danes is located in Cass County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danes <5>
  • Deacon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
    • Deacon is located in Cass County
  • Deer Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Cass County
  • Hoover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Hoover is located in Cass County
  • Leases Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leases Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
    • Leases Corner is located in Cass County
  • Lewisburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Lewisburg is located in Cass County
  • Little Charlie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Charlie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Charlie
    • Little Charlie is located in Cass County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Cass County
  • Onward
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
    • Onward is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
  • Poundstone Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poundstone Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poundstone Corner
    • Poundstone Corner is located in Cass County
  • Royal Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Center
    • Royal Center is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal Center <5>
  • Twelve Mile
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelve Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
    • Twelve Mile is located in Cass County

How Far From Logansport to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Logansport to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Logansport and extending to:

  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Logansport to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Logansport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Logansport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Logansport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Logansport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7543, Longitude: -86.3569    
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Logansport 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Logansport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.604 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.222 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.275 degrees.









 

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