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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 Pence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pence 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 Pence:
    • 40.362129, -87.511600
    • 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 Pence
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Pence is near Vermilion County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Pence

Communities Also Named Pence ...

We found seven communities that are also named Pence.

Within Indiana, the name Pence is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Pence is located in Morgan County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the south of the Pence that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Pence.
    • Kansas
      • Scott County
      • This Pence is located in Scott County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pence that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Pence.
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis County
      • This Pence is located in Lewis County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pence that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Pence.
      • Wolfe County
      • This Pence is located in Wolfe County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the southeast of the Pence that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Pence.
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pence [Dyer County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Ashland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pence [Ashland County].
      • Iron County
      • This Pence is located in Iron County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pence that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Pence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pence ...

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.

  • Carbondale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Carbondale is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Handy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Handy is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
  • Heaton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Heaton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
  • Judyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Judyville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judyville
  • Kramer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Kramer is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
  • Rainsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rainsville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
  • Rocky Ford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Ford is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Sycamore Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sycamore Corner is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Corner

How Far From Pence 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 Pence to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Williamsport, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pence to Williamsport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Pence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Pence 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.
<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 Pence 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 Pence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3621, Longitude: -87.5116    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.355 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.025 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.938 degrees.