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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 Pulaski, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pulaski 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 Pulaski:
- 40.975318, -86.658343
- 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 Pulaski
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Pulaski is near White County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Pulaski
Communities Also Named Pulaski ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Pulaski.
Within Indiana, the name Pulaski is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Pulaski is located in Pulaski County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pulaski.
- Georgia
- Candler County
- This Pulaski is located in Candler County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Candler County community of Pulaski.
- Jones 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 Georgia community of Pulaski [Jones County].
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pulaski [Pulaski County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- This Pulaski is located in Hancock County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Pulaski.
- Pulaski County
- This Pulaski is located in Pulaski County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the south southwest of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pulaski.
- Iowa
- Davis County
- This Pulaski is located in Davis County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Pulaski.
- Kentucky
- Pulaski County
- This Pulaski is located in Pulaski County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pulaski.
- Michigan
- Jackson County
- This Pulaski is located in Jackson County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pulaski.
- Mississippi
- Scott County
- This Pulaski is located in Scott County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Pulaski.
- Missouri
- Ripley County
- This Pulaski is located in Ripley County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Pulaski.
- New York
- Oswego County
- This Pulaski is located in Oswego County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Pulaski.
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This Pulaski is located in Williams County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Pulaski.
- Oklahoma
- Creek County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Pulaski [Creek County].
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This Pulaski is located in Beaver County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the east of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Pulaski.
- Lawrence County
- This Pulaski is located in Lawrence County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the east of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pulaski.
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- This Pulaski is located in Giles County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the south of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Pulaski.
- Texas
- Panola County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Panola County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Pulaski.
- Virginia
- Pulaski County
- This Pulaski is located in Pulaski County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pulaski.
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Pulaski is located in Brown County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pulaski that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Pulaski.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pulaski ...
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.
- Beardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Center is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Francesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Guise Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guise Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guise Park
- Indiana Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Lake Bruce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Royal Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Star City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Pulaski 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 Pulaski to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pulaski and extending to:
- Winamac, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Pulaski to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>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 528 miles [849.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pulaski) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pulaski 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pulaski, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9753, Longitude: -86.6583 In this case, the coordinates for Pulaski have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.799 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.476 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.354 degrees. |
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