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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 Monrovia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monrovia and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Monrovia:
    • 39.579909, -86.478115
    • 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 Monrovia
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Monrovia is near Hendricks County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hendricks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Monrovia

Communities Also Named Monrovia ...

We found six communities that are also named Monrovia.

Within Indiana, the name Monrovia is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Monrovia is located in Madison County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the south of the Monrovia that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Monrovia.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Monrovia is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km]<1> to the west of the Monrovia that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Monrovia.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • This Monrovia is located in Atchison County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west of the Monrovia that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Monrovia.
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monrovia [Johnson County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Monrovia is located in Frederick County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east of the Monrovia that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Monrovia.
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Monrovia is located in Orange County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east of the Monrovia that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Monrovia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monrovia ...

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.

  • Allman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Allman is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allman
  • Bethany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethany is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Crown Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Crown Center is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Center
  • Elk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elk is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
  • Eminence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eminence is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
  • Exchange
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Exchange is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
  • Fields
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fields is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Friendswood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
  • Gasburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gasburg is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
  • Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Joppa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Joppa is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Little Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Little Point is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
    • Magnetic Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Magnetic Springs is located in Hendricks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
    • Pecksburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecksburg is located in Hendricks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksburg
    • Young
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Young is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

How Far From Monrovia 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 town such as Monrovia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monrovia and extending to:

  • Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monrovia to Martinsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monrovia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Monrovia 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Monrovia 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 Monrovia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5799, Longitude: -86.4781       In this case, the coordinates for Monrovia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.681 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.143 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.668 degrees.