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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 Tocsin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tocsin 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 Tocsin:
- 40.830244, -85.109007
- 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 Tocsin
- 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 Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
- Since Tocsin is near Adams County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Tocsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tocsin ...
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.
- Craigville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Curryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Honduras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Murray
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Toll Gate Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Tocsin 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 Tocsin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tocsin and extending to:
- Bluffton, which is the Seat of Wells County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tocsin to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 447 miles [719.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tocsin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tocsin 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 Tocsin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8302, Longitude: -85.1090 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.796 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.312 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.658 degrees. |
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