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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 Twin Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Beach and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Twin Beach:
    • 39.518095, -87.205017
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Twin Beach
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Twin Beach ...

We found one communities that share the name Twin Beach.

Within Indiana, the name Twin Beach is unique.

Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Twin Beach in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Michigan community of Twin Beach [Oakland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Beach ...

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.

  • Bee Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
    • Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
  • Billtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
    • Billtown is located in Clay County
  • Billville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
    • Billville is located in Clay County
  • Brazil
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cherryvale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
    • Cherryvale is located in Clay County
  • Cloverland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Cloverland is located in Clay County
  • Coal Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Bluff
    • Coal Bluff is located in Vigo County
  • Cottage Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
    • Cottage Hill is located in Clay County
  • Hoosierville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoosierville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosierville
    • Hoosierville is located in Clay County
  • Purdy Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Hill
    • Purdy Hill is located in Clay County
  • Shady Lane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Shady Lane is located in Clay County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Twin Beach and extending to:

  • Brazil, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the East.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Twin Beach to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Twin Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountyin.gov/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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 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 Twin Beach 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Twin Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twin Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5181, Longitude: -87.2050       In this case, the coordinates for Twin Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Twin Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.149 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.669 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.023 degrees.




 

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