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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 Raub, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Raub 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 Raub:
- 40.729777, -87.489246
- 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 Raub
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Raub is near Iroquois County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Raub
Communities Also Named Raub ...
We found one communities that are also named Raub.
Within Indiana, the name Raub is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Raub in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
- McLean County
- This Raub is located in McLean County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Raub that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Raub.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Raub ...
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.
- Beaver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donovan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Free
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Free is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free
- Freeland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kentland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction
How Far From Raub 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 Raub to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Raub and extending to:
- Fowler, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Raub to Fowler, with an average speed<3> 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Raub) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Raub 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 Raub. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7298, Longitude: -87.4892 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.343 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.825 degrees. |
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