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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 Reiffsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reiffsburg 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 Reiffsburg:
- 40.656563, -85.151690
- 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 Reiffsburg
- 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 Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
- Since Reiffsburg is near Adams County and also Jay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jay 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 Reiffsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reiffsburg ...
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.
- Craigville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Curryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Domestic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Domestic is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domestic
- Fiat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Honduras
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Murray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Petroleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Toll Gate Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Reiffsburg to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Reiffsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Reiffsburg and extending to:
- Bluffton, which is the Seat of Wells County, lies just to the North.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Reiffsburg to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 447 miles [719.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Reiffsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Reiffsburg 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 Reiffsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6566, Longitude: -85.1517 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.826 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.321 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.731 degrees. |
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