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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 Travisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Travisville 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 Travisville:
- 40.691617, -85.207811
- 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 Travisville
- 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 Travisville is near Huntington County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Travisville
Communities Also Named Travisville ...
We found two communities that are also named Travisville.
Within Indiana, the name Travisville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Clinch County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Travisville [Clinch County].
- Tennessee
- Pickett County
- This Travisville is located in Pickett County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the south of the Travisville that is located in Wells County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickett County community of Travisville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Travisville ...
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.
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Craigville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Curryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Domestic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Domestic is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domestic
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Jeff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingsland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Liberty Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Petroleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Toll Gate Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Travisville 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 Travisville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Travisville and extending to:
- Bluffton, which is the Seat of Wells County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Travisville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 450 miles [724.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Travisville 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Travisville) 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 Travisville 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 Travisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6916, Longitude: -85.2078 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.862 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.366 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.747 degrees. |
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