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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 Stewartsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewartsville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stewartsville:
    • 38.184716, -87.832785
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stewartsville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Stewartsville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Stewartsville.

Within Indiana, the name Stewartsville is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Grant County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Grant County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the east of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Stewartsville.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This Stewartsville is located in DeKalb County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Stewartsville.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Warren County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stewartsville.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Belmont County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Stewartsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Stewartsville.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stewartsville [Shelby County].
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • This Stewartsville is located in Bedford County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the east of the Stewartsville that is located in Posey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Stewartsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewartsville ...

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.

  • Crawleyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawleyville
    • Crawleyville is located in Gibson County
  • Cynthiana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Egg Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
    • Egg Harbor is located in Gibson County
  • Griffin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • Griffin is located in Posey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
  • Hickory Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Gibson County
  • Jimtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jimtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Jimtown is located in Gibson County
  • New Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
    • New Harmony is located in Posey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harmony <4>
  • Poseyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rapture
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rapture have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapture
    • Rapture is located in Posey County

How Far From Stewartsville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stewartsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewartsville and extending to:

  • Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Posey County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stewartsville to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,368 miles [10,248.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stewartsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Stewartsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stewartsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1847, Longitude: -87.8328       In this case, the coordinates for Stewartsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Stewartsville 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Stewartsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.525 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.914 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.66 degrees.









 

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