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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 Swanington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swanington 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 Swanington:
- 40.583371, -87.277239
- 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 Swanington
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Swanington is near Warren County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Swanington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swanington ...
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.
- Chase
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fargo is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fowler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Free
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Free is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free
- Freeland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Goodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Handy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Handy is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Hooker Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hooker Corner is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Corner
- Old Halfway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Halfway is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Halfway
- Rainsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rainsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
- Rocky Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Round Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
How Far From Swanington 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 community such as Swanington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swanington and extending to:
- Fowler, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Swanington to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swanington) 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 Swanington 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 Swanington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5834, Longitude: -87.2772 In this case, the coordinates for Swanington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.203 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.882 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.764 degrees. |
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