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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 Monon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monon 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 Monon:
- 40.864168, -86.878694
- 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 Monon
- 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Monon is near Jasper County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Monon
Communities Also Named Monon ...
We found two communities that are also named Monon.
Within Indiana, the name Monon is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monon [Barton County].
- Stanton County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Stanton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanton County community of Monon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monon ...
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.
- Bell Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bell Center is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cedar Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Francesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Golden Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Guernsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Hanging Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Grove
- Indiana Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Moody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moody is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Pleasant Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Seafield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seafield is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seafield
- Terrace Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace Bay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Bay
How Far From Monon 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 town such as Monon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Monon and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of White County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monon to Monticello, with an average speed<5> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Monon 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. |
| <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 Monon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Monon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Monon 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 Monon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8642, Longitude: -86.8787 In this case, the coordinates for Monon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.943 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.625 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.493 degrees. |
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