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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 Spiceland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spiceland 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 Spiceland:
- 39.838260, -85.436991
- 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 Spiceland
- 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since Spiceland is near Rush County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Spiceland
Communities Also Named Spiceland ...
We found one communities that are also named Spiceland.
Within Indiana, the name Spiceland is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Spiceland in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Yancey 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 North Carolina community of Spiceland [Yancey County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spiceland ...
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.
- Carthage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charlottesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Knightstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Valley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
- Mays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mays is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Raysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raysville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
- Stone Quarry Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stone Quarry Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Quarry Mills
- Sulphur Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Spring is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
How Far From Spiceland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Spiceland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Spiceland and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Spiceland to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 452 miles [727.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Spiceland 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' (or 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- Spiceland) 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 Spiceland 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 Spiceland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8383, Longitude: -85.4370 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.418 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.11 degrees. |
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