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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 Prairieton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairieton 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 Prairieton:
- 39.370038, -87.474466
- 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 Prairieton
- 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 Prairieton is near Clark County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Prairieton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairieton ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Darwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Dewey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Ernst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ernst is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Farmersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fox Run is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Golf Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Golf Lakes is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Marion Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marion Heights is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Toad Hop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Twelve Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Points is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Points
- Weaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Prairieton 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 Prairieton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Prairieton and extending to:
- Terre Haute, which is the Seat of Vigo County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Prairieton to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 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 7,029 miles [11,312.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairieton) 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 Prairieton 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 Prairieton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3700, Longitude: -87.4745 In this case, the coordinates for Prairieton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.32 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.845 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.189 degrees. |
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