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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 Sellersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sellersburg 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 Sellersburg:
- 38.389795, -85.760131
- 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 Sellersburg
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Sellersburg is near Floyd County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Sellersburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sellersburg ...
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.
- Arctic Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arctic Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs
- Blue Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blue Lick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Broom Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Cementville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cementville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Floyds Knobs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Harmony Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Landing is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Landing
- Harmony Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Village is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Harrods Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper Beach is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Longview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Longview Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Longview Beach is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Beach
- Perry Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perry Crossing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Crossing
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- River Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- River Bluff is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Riverside Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Beach is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Beach
- Silver Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Slatecut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Speed
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Speed is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Starlight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Transylvania Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Transylvania Beach is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transylvania Beach
- Woodside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Sellersburg 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 town such as Sellersburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sellersburg and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the South.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sellersburg 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 471 miles [758 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sellersburg) 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 Sellersburg 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 Sellersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3898, Longitude: -85.7601 In this case, the coordinates for Sellersburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.214 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.438 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.669 degrees. |
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