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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 Walkerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkerville 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 Walkerville:
    • 39.527826, -85.763035
    • 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 Walkerville
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Walkerville is near Rush County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Walkerville

Communities Also Named Walkerville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Walkerville.

Within Indiana, the name Walkerville is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Walkerville is located in Columbia County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Walkerville.
    • Illinois
      • Greene County
      • This Walkerville is located in Greene County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the west of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Walkerville.
    • Iowa
      • Page 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 Iowa community of Walkerville [Page County].
    • Michigan
      • Oceana County
      • This Walkerville is located in Oceana County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the north of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oceana County community of Walkerville.
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Walkerville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Walkerville lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.
    • Ontario
      • This Walkerville lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walkerville that is located in Shelby County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkerville ...

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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Clover Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
  • Freeport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Freeport is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Geneva
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Geneva is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Green Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Meadows is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Homer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Homer is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Knighthood Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Knighthood Grove is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Grove
  • Knighthood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
  • Lewis Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lewis Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
  • London
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • London is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
  • London Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • London Heights is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Heights
  • Marion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Pleasure Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pleasure Valley is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
    • Rays Crossing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
    • Rolling Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walkerville and extending to:

  • Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Walkerville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 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 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walkerville) 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 Walkerville 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 Walkerville 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 Walkerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5278, Longitude: -85.7630       In this case, the coordinates for Walkerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.224 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.612 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.351 degrees.