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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 Stines Mill Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stines Mill Corner 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 Stines Mill Corner:
- 39.475881, -86.372771
- 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 Stines Mill Corner
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Stines Mill Corner is near Johnson County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Stines Mill Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stines Mill Corner ...
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.
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Cope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cope is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
- Elk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Exchange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Exchange is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fields is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Gasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gasburg is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
- Martinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Red House ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
How Far From Stines Mill Corner 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 Stines Mill Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stines Mill Corner and extending to:
- Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Stines Mill Corner to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 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 '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- Stines Mill Corner) 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 Stines Mill Corner 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 Stines Mill Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4759, Longitude: -86.3728 In this case, the coordinates for Stines Mill Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.613 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.05 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.648 degrees. |
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