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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 Titus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Titus 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 Titus:
    • 38.054235, -86.256084
    • 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 Titus
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Titus is near Meade County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Titus

Communities Also Named Titus ...

We found ten communities that are also named Titus.

Within Indiana, the name Titus is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore County
      • This Titus is located in Elmore County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the south of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Titus.
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Titus [San Diego County].
    • Georgia
      • Towns County
      • This Titus is located in Towns County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Towns County community of Titus.
    • Illinois
      • Greene County
      • This Titus is located in Greene County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Titus.
    • Iowa
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Titus [Washington County].
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Titus [Douglas County].
    • Michigan
      • Mecosta County
      • This Titus is located in Mecosta County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Titus.
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Titus [Phelps County].
    • Quebec
      • This Titus lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • This Titus is located in Campbell County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Titus that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Titus.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Titus ...

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.

  • Andyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
  • Artist Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Artist Point is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artist Point
  • Cedar Flat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
  • Central
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Central is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Cold Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Dixie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dixie is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Raymond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Tobacco Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tobacco Landing is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco Landing
  • Valley City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley City is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
  • Wolf Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

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

  • Corydon, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Titus to Corydon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Titus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Titus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Titus 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Titus 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 Titus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0542, Longitude: -86.2561       In this case, the coordinates for Titus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.521 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.743 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.981 degrees.