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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 Penntown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penntown 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 Penntown:
- 39.268840, -85.094605
- 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 Penntown
- 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 Ripley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley County
- Since Penntown is near Dearborn County and also Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Penntown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penntown ...
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.
- Ballstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ballstown is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballstown
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Huntersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Lookout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Tree Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peppertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peppertown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
- Prattsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Spades
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spades is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spades
- Stumptown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Penntown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Penntown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Penntown and extending to:
- Versailles, which is the Seat of Ripley County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Penntown to Versailles, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penntown) 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 Penntown 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 Penntown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2688, Longitude: -85.0946 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.799 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.089 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.119 degrees. |
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