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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 New Pekin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Pekin 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 New Pekin:
- 38.502869, -86.015215
- 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 New Pekin
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since New Pekin is near Clark County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 New Pekin
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Pekin ...
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.
- Broom Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Chestnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Daisy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Daisy Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Martinsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Philadelphia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Organ Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Organ Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Springs
- Shorts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shorts Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
- Starlight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From New Pekin 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 New Pekin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Pekin and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from New Pekin to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Pekin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Pekin 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 New Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5029, Longitude: -86.0152 In this case, the coordinates for New Pekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.376 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.64 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.752 degrees. |
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