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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 Lusks Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lusks Mills 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 Lusks Mills:
- 39.893930, -87.181400
- 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 Lusks Mills
- 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 Parke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parke County
- Since Lusks Mills is near Fountain County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fountain County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Lusks Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lusks Mills ...
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.
- Bethany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Centennial
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Centennial is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Coke Oven Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coke Oven Hollow is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke Oven Hollow
- Deer Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Mill
- Harveysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Pin Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pin Hook is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Pottertown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pottertown is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
- Rockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Sycamore Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore Ford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Ford
- Waveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Lusks Mills 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 Lusks Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lusks Mills once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lusks Mills and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Parke County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lusks Mills to Rockville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Lusks Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lusks Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lusks Mills 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 Lusks Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8939, Longitude: -87.1814 In this case, the coordinates for Lusks Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.137 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.709 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.91 degrees. |
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