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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 North Marion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Marion 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 North Marion:
- 40.970871, -87.150024
- 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 North Marion
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since North Marion is near Newton County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 North Marion
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Marion ...
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.
- Collegeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fair Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hanging Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Grove
- Laura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laura is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Moody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Newland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Rosebud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
How Far From North Marion 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 community such as North Marion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Marion and extending to:
- Rensselaer, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the South.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from North Marion 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 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 'straight-line' (or 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- North Marion) 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 North Marion 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 North Marion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9709, Longitude: -87.1500 In this case, the coordinates for North Marion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.121 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.843 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.593 degrees. |
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