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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 Tannersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tannersville 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 Tannersville:
    • 39.095053, -85.747476
    • 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 Tannersville
  • 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 Tannersville ...

We found four communities that share the name Tannersville.

Within Indiana, the name Tannersville is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Tannersville is located in Greene County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tannersville that is located in Jennings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Tannersville.
    • 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 Tannersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Monroe County
      • This Tannersville is located in Monroe County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tannersville that is located in Jennings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Tannersville.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Tannersville is located in Tazewell County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Tannersville that is located in Jennings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tannersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tannersville ...

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.

  • Alert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
    • Alert is located in Decatur County
  • Brewersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
    • Brewersville is located in Jennings County
  • Elizabethtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Four Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Jennings County
  • Harper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Decatur County
  • Jewell Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
    • Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
  • Jonesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
    • Jonesville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <4>
  • Peters Switch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
    • Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
  • Petersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
    • Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
  • Queensville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queensville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
    • Queensville is located in Jennings County

How Far From Tannersville 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 Tannersville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Vernon, which is the Seat of Jennings County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tannersville to Vernon, 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tannersville. 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 '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- Tannersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tannersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0951, Longitude: -85.7475       In this case, the coordinates for Tannersville 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Tannersville 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 Tannersville 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 313.212 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.536 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.467 degrees.




 

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