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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 Red House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red House and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Red House:
    • 39.569509, -86.290117
    • 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 Red House
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Red House is near Johnson County and also Hendricks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hendricks 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 Red House

Communities Also Named Red House ...

We found nine communities that are also named Red House.

Within Indiana, the name Red House is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • This Red House is located in Garrett County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the east of the Red House that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Red House.
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This Red House is located in Humboldt County and lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Red House that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Red House.
      • Washoe County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Washoe County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Red House.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Red House is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Red House that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Red House.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Red House [Caswell County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Red House lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Red House that is located in Morgan County.
    • Tennessee
      • Grainger County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Red House [Grainger County].
    • Virginia
      • Charlotte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Red House [Charlotte County].
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam County
      • This Red House is located in Putnam County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Red House that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Red House.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red House ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethany is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Bluff Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Clearview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Clearview is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Deerwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Deerwood is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Exchange
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Exchange is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
  • Fields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fields is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  • Five Points
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Fox Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fox Hill is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Friendswood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
  • Golden Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Golden Grove is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
  • Hunters Pointe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Pointe is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pointe
  • Kinder
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kinder is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Pebble Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pebble Run is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Run
    • Waters Edge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Waters Edge is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
    • Woodland Stream
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Woodland Stream is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Stream
    • Young
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Young is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

How Far From Red House 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 Red House to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Red House once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Red House and extending to:

  • Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Red House to Martinsville, 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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 496 miles [798.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Red House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Red House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Red House 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.
<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 Red House 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 Red House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5695, Longitude: -86.2901    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.561 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.003 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.583 degrees.