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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 Point Isabel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Isabel 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 Point Isabel:
- 40.421705, -85.824426
- 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 Point Isabel
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Point Isabel is near Howard County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Point Isabel
Communities Also Named Point Isabel ...
We found two communities that are also named Point Isabel.
Within Indiana, the name Point Isabel is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Point Isabel [Alameda County].
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Point Isabel is located in Clermont County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Point Isabel that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Point Isabel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Isabel ...
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.
- College Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- College Corner is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner
- Curtisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Greentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Guy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Leisure
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Michaelsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Nevada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Normal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Normal is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
- Weaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Windfall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
How Far From Point Isabel 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 Point Isabel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point Isabel and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Point Isabel to Marion, with an average speed<4> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Point Isabel 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Point Isabel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Point Isabel 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 Point Isabel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4217, Longitude: -85.8244 In this case, the coordinates for Point Isabel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.783 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.12 degrees. |
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