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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 Makin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Makin 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 Makin:
- 40.965879, -85.585535
- 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 Makin
- 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 Huntington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntington County
- Since Makin is near Whitley County and also Wabash 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 Wabash 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 Makin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Makin ...
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.
- Bracken
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bracken is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Goblesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Liberty Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Luther
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Peabody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peabody is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Saturn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Walnut Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Corners is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Corners
How Far From Makin 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 community such as Makin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Makin and extending to:
- Huntington, which is the Seat of Huntington County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Makin 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 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 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Makin) 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 Makin 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 Makin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9659, Longitude: -85.5855 In this case, the coordinates for Makin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.102 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.68 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.843 degrees. |
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