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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 Pimento, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pimento 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 Pimento:
- 39.310131, -87.380216
- 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 Pimento
- 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 Vigo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vigo County
- Since Pimento is near Sullivan County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Pimento
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pimento ...
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.
- Blackhawk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blackhawk is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Brown Jug Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brown Jug Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Jug Corner
- Curryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Curryville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Farmersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Island is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Island
- Lewis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Standard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Standard is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
How Far From Pimento 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 Pimento to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pimento and extending to:
- Terre Haute, which is the Seat of Vigo County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pimento to Terre Haute, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 km] to the east (E). 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 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pimento) 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 Pimento 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 Pimento. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3101, Longitude: -87.3802 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.259 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.766 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.161 degrees. |
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