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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 Savah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Savah 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 Savah:
- 38.017645, -87.978662
- 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 Savah
- 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 Posey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Posey County
- Since Savah is near White County and also Gallatin 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 Gallatin 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 Savah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Savah ...
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.
- Dead Mans Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dead Mans Crossing is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Mans Crossing
- Elm Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Emma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Erwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- New Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Rising Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Solitude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Savah 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 Savah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Savah and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Posey County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Savah to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Savah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Savah 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 Savah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0176, Longitude: -87.9787 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.614 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.992 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.767 degrees. |
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