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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 Urmeyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Urmeyville 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 Urmeyville:
- 39.522308, -85.985069
- 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 Urmeyville
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Urmeyville is near Shelby County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Urmeyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Urmeyville ...
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.
- Boggstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- London Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- London Heights is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Heights
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Reds Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reds Corner is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reds Corner
- Sugar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
How Far From Urmeyville 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 Urmeyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Urmeyville and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Urmeyville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Urmeyville) 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 Urmeyville 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 Urmeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5223, Longitude: -85.9851 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.365 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.773 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.455 degrees. |
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