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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 Mount Liberty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Liberty 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 Mount Liberty:
    • 39.183868, -86.130398
    • 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 Mount Liberty
  • 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 Mount Liberty ...

We found three communities that share the name Mount Liberty.

Within Indiana, the name Mount Liberty is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Reno 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 Mount Liberty [Reno County].
    • Ohio
      • Knox County
      • This Mount Liberty is located in Knox County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mount Liberty that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Mount Liberty.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Mount Liberty is located in Barbour County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the east of the Mount Liberty that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Mount Liberty.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Liberty ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Bethany is located in Bartholomew County
  • Christiansburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christiansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
    • Christiansburg is located in Brown County
  • Gatesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
    • Gatesville is located in Brown County
  • Gnaw Bone
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lake on the Green
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake on the Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake on the Green
    • Lake on the Green is located in Brown County
  • Pikes Peak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stone Head
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Head
    • Stone Head is located in Brown County
  • Stony Lonesome
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Story
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Town Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
    • Town Hill is located in Brown County

How Far From Mount Liberty 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 community such as Mount Liberty to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Nashville, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Liberty to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Liberty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Mount Liberty 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Liberty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Liberty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1839, Longitude: -86.1304       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Liberty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mount Liberty 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 313.456 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.828 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.617 degrees.




 

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