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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 Swayzee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swayzee 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 Swayzee:
- 40.506783, -85.824371
- 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 Swayzee
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Swayzee is near Miami County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Swayzee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swayzee ...
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.
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Converse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Home Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Home Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Corner
- Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Leisure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Michaelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Normal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Normal is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
- Shady Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hills is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hills
- Vermont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Weaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Swayzee 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 town such as Swayzee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swayzee and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Swayzee to Marion, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swayzee) 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 Swayzee 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 Swayzee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5068, Longitude: -85.8244 In this case, the coordinates for Swayzee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.261 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.795 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.094 degrees. |
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