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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 Maysville Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maysville Crossing 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 Maysville Crossing:
- 40.330870, -87.147232
- 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 Maysville Crossing
- 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 Fountain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fountain County
- Since Maysville Crossing is near Warren County and also Tippecanoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe 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 Maysville Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maysville Crossing ...
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.
- Carbondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Kramer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kramer is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Old Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old Halfway is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Halfway
- Rainsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rainsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
- Rob Roy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Rocky Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Shadeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Vine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vine is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
How Far From Maysville Crossing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Maysville Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maysville Crossing and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Fountain County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maysville Crossing to Covington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maysville Crossing) 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 Maysville Crossing 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 Maysville Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3309, Longitude: -87.1472 In this case, the coordinates for Maysville Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.118 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.773 degrees. |
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