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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 Scenic Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scenic Hill 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 Scenic Hill:
- 38.678384, -86.893891
- 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 Scenic Hill
- 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 Martin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Since Scenic Hill is near Davies's County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davies's 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 Scenic Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scenic Hill ...
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.
- Black Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Bramble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Indian Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lacy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Loogootee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pennyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pennyville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyville
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shoals Overlook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shoals Overlook is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals Overlook
- Willow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
How Far From Scenic Hill 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 Scenic Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scenic Hill and extending to:
- Shoals, which is the Seat of Martin County, lies just to the East.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Scenic Hill to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>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 530 miles [853 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scenic Hill) 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 Scenic Hill 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 Scenic Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6784, Longitude: -86.8939 In this case, the coordinates for Scenic Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.937 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.307 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.104 degrees. |
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