Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mooresville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooresville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mooresville
- 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 Mooresville:
- 39.613849, -86.374830
- 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 Mooresville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Mooresville is near Hendricks County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hendricks County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Mooresville ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mooresville.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Mooresville.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Mooresville [DeKalb County].
- DeKalb County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- This Mooresville is located in Limestone County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the south of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Mooresville.
- Arkansas
- Prairie County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mooresville [Prairie County].
- Kentucky
- Washington County
- This Mooresville is located in Washington County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mooresville.
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- This Mooresville is located in Piscataquis County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Mooresville.
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- This Mooresville is located in Livingston County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Mooresville.
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- This Mooresville is located in Iredell County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Mooresville.
- Ohio
- Ross County
- This Mooresville is located in Ross County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the east of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Mooresville.
- Ontario
- This Mooresville lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- This Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the east of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Mooresville.
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- This Mooresville is located in Marshall County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<2> to the south of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Mooresville.
- West Virginia
- Monongalia County
- This Mooresville is located in Monongalia County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the east of the Mooresville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Mooresville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooresville ...
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 west) - Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Morgan County
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Friendswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendswood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
- Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
- Gasburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Joppa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Maple Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Maple Ridge is located in Marion County
- Young
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Mooresville 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 town such as Mooresville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mooresville and extending to:
- Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mooresville to Martinsville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mooresville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Morgan County: www.morgancounty-il.com/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mooresville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mooresville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mooresville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6138, Longitude: -86.3748 |
| <3> | 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 Mooresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Mooresville 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 313.615 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.072 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.61 degrees. |