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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 Sleeth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sleeth 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 Sleeth:
- 40.649205, -86.717509
- 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 Sleeth
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Sleeth is near White County and also Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe 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 Sleeth
Communities Also Named Sleeth ...
We found one communities that are also named Sleeth.
Within Indiana, the name Sleeth is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Sleeth in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sleeth [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sleeth ...
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.
- Breezy Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Cedar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Delphi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Sandy Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Beach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Scarlet Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlet Oaks is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Oaks
- Terrace Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Terrace Bay is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Bay
- Walnut Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Gardens is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Gardens
- Yeoman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
How Far From Sleeth 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 Sleeth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sleeth and extending to:
- Delphi, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Sleeth to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 527 miles [848.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sleeth 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sleeth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sleeth 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 Sleeth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6492, Longitude: -86.7175 In this case, the coordinates for Sleeth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.839 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.475 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.477 degrees. |
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