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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 Oak Tree Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Tree Crossroads 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 Oak Tree Crossroads:
- 39.372286, -85.003204
- 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 Oak Tree Crossroads
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Oak Tree Crossroads is near Dearborn County and also Ripley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dearborn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley 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 Oak Tree Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Tree Crossroads ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Mound Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mound Haven is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Haven
- Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peppertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peppertown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
- Pinhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Raymond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spades is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spades
- Yellow Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Oak Tree Crossroads 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 Oak Tree Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oak Tree Crossroads and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the North.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Oak Tree Crossroads to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Oak Tree Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Oak Tree Crossroads 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 Oak Tree Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3723, Longitude: -85.0032 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.741 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.037 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.047 degrees. |
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