Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mollie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mollie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mollie
- 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 Mollie:
- 40.493524, -85.326338
- 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 Mollie
- 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 Blackford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blackford County
- Since Mollie is near Wells County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wells County
- eBird sighting report for Grant 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mollie ...
We found two communities that share the name Mollie.
Within Indiana, the name Mollie is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mollie ...
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.
- Converse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Fiat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fiat
- From Mollie to Fiat
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Wells County
- Friendly Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Friendly Corner
- From Mollie to Friendly Corner
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Keystone
- From Mollie to Keystone
- Ridertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ridertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ridertown
- From Mollie to Ridertown
- Shamrock Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
How Far From Mollie 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 Mollie 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<4> community of Mollie once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mollie and extending to:
- Hartford City, which is the Seat of Blackford County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Mollie to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 453 miles [729 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,892 miles [11,091.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Blackford County: www.blackfordcounty.com/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mollie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mollie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4935, Longitude: -85.3263 |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Mollie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mollie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.94 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.427 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.863 degrees. |