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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 Smartsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smartsburg 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 Smartsburg:
- 40.046987, -86.828586
- 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 Smartsburg
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Smartsburg is near Boone County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Smartsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smartsburg ...
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.
- Advance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Elmdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Hibernia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Lapland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lapland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Log Cabin Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Crossroads
- Mace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorntown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Smartsburg 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 Smartsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Smartsburg and extending to:
- Crawfordsville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Smartsburg to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 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' (or 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- Smartsburg) 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 Smartsburg 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 Smartsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0470, Longitude: -86.8286 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.91 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.701 degrees. |
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