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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 Twelve Mile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twelve Mile 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 Twelve Mile:
- 40.866430, -86.225275
- 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 Twelve Mile
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Twelve Mile is near Miami County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Twelve Mile
Communities Also Named Twelve Mile ...
We found four communities that are also named Twelve Mile.
Within Indiana, the name Twelve Mile is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of four communities that are located 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 ...
- British Columbia
- This Twelve Mile lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Twelve Mile that is located in Cass County.
- Kansas
- Smith County
- 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 Kansas community of Twelve Mile [Smith County].
- Missouri
- Madison County
- 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 Missouri community of Twelve Mile [Madison County].
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- 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 Oregon community of Twelve Mile [Multnomah County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twelve Mile ...
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.
- Danes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Green Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Leases Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Little Charlie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Charlie is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Charlie
- Macy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marshtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marshtown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshtown
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
How Far From Twelve Mile 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 Twelve Mile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twelve Mile and extending to:
- Logansport, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Twelve Mile to Logansport, with an average speed<4> 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over 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 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Twelve Mile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Twelve Mile 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Twelve Mile 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 Twelve Mile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8664, Longitude: -86.2253 In this case, the coordinates for Twelve Mile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.14 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.179 degrees. |
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