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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 Talbot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talbot 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 Talbot:
- 40.505314, -87.454185
- 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 Talbot
- 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 Talbot is near Warren County and also Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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 Talbot
Communities Also Named Talbot ...
We found eight communities that are also named Talbot.
Within Indiana, the name Talbot is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Madera County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Talbot [Madera County].
- Maryland
- Talbot 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 Maryland community of Talbot [Talbot County].
- Michigan
- Menominee County
- This Talbot is located in Menominee County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<3> to the north of the Talbot that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Talbot.
- Missouri
- Howard 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 Missouri community of Talbot [Howard County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Talbot.
- Oregon
- Marion County
- This Talbot is located in Marion County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Talbot that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Talbot.
- Quebec
- 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 Quebec community of Talbot.
- Washington
- King 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 Washington community of Talbot [King County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talbot ...
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 east)
- Chase is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fowler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Free
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Free is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free
- Freeland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Handy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Handy is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Heaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hooker Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker Corner is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Corner
- Judyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Judyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judyville
- Rainsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rainsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
- Rocky Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Sycamore Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Corner is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Corner
How Far From Talbot 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 Talbot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Talbot and extending to:
- Fowler, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Talbot to Fowler, with an average speed<5> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 564 miles [907.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Talbot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Talbot 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> | 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- Talbot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Talbot 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 Talbot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5053, Longitude: -87.4542 In this case, the coordinates for Talbot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.003 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.871 degrees. |
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