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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 Saltillo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saltillo 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 Saltillo:
    • 38.666233, -86.297496
    • 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 Saltillo
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Saltillo is near Orange County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Saltillo

Communities Also Named Saltillo ...

We found nine communities that are also named Saltillo.

Within Indiana, the name Saltillo is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Saltillo is located in Faulkner County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Saltillo.
    • Kansas
      • Doniphan 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 Kansas community of Saltillo [Doniphan County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Saltillo is located in Lee County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Saltillo.
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster County
      • This Saltillo is located in Lancaster County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Saltillo.
    • Ohio
      • Holmes County
      • This Saltillo is located in Holmes County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Saltillo.
      • Perry County
      • This Saltillo is located in Perry County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Saltillo.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Saltillo.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Saltillo is located in Hardin County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Saltillo.
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • This Saltillo is located in Hopkins County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saltillo that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Saltillo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saltillo ...

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.

  • Bono
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bono is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
  • Brimstone Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brimstone Corners is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corners
  • Claysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Claysville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Highland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lost River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lost River is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Orleans
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pumpkin Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Rivervale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rivervale is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
  • Rush Creek Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
  • Sparksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sparksville is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
  • Stampers Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saltillo and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saltillo to Salem, 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Saltillo) 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 Saltillo 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Saltillo 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 Saltillo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6662, Longitude: -86.2975       In this case, the coordinates for Saltillo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.557 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.87 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.836 degrees.