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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 Tunker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tunker 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 Tunker:
- 41.048657, -85.557480
- 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 Tunker
- 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 Whitley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
- Since Tunker is near Huntington County and also Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko 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 Tunker
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tunker ...
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.
- Bracken
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bracken is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Goblesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Liberty Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Luther
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Peabody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peabody is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Saturn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Walnut Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Corners is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Corners
How Far From Tunker 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 Tunker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tunker and extending to:
- Columbia City, which is the Seat of Whitley County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tunker 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 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Tunker) 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 Tunker 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 Tunker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0487, Longitude: -85.5575 In this case, the coordinates for Tunker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.083 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.67 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.804 degrees. |
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