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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 Sponsler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sponsler 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 Sponsler:
- 39.003656, -87.141678
- 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 Sponsler
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Sponsler is near Sullivan County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Sponsler
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sponsler ...
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.
- Beehunter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beehunter is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehunter
- Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bucktown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Hoosier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Island City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lone Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Sandborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
How Far From Sponsler 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 Sponsler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sponsler and extending to:
- Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sponsler to Bloomfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sponsler) 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 Sponsler 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 Sponsler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0037, Longitude: -87.1417 In this case, the coordinates for Sponsler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.101 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.541 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.132 degrees. |
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