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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 Starlight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starlight 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 Starlight:
- 38.414980, -85.892554
- 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 Starlight
- 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 Starlight is near Floyd County and also Washington 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 Washington 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 Starlight
Communities Also Named Starlight ...
We found five communities that are also named Starlight.
Within Indiana, the name Starlight is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Natchitoches Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Starlight [Natchitoches Parish].
- Missouri
- Grundy 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 Missouri community of Starlight [Grundy County].
- New York
- Sullivan 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 New York community of Starlight [Sullivan County].
- North Carolina
- Wayne County
- This Starlight is located in Wayne County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Starlight that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Starlight.
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Starlight is located in Wayne County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Starlight that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Starlight.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starlight ...
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.
- Blue Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Lick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Broom Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Daisy Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Daisy Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
- Floyds Knobs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Graysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Perry Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perry Crossing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Crossing
- Sellersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Slatecut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Speed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Starlight 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 Starlight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Starlight and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Starlight to Jeffersonville, with an average speed<4> 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the north (N). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Starlight 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> | 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- Starlight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Starlight 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 Starlight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4150, Longitude: -85.8926 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.298 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.538 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.721 degrees. |
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