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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 Wesley Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wesley Manor 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 Wesley Manor:
    • 40.296425, -86.511946
    • 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 Wesley Manor
  • 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 Wesley Manor ...

We found one communities that share the name Wesley Manor.

Within Indiana, the name Wesley Manor is unique.

Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Wesley Manor in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns 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 Florida community of Wesley Manor [Saint Johns County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wesley Manor ...

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.

  • Beard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
    • Beard is located in Clinton County
  • Cyclone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyclone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
    • Cyclone is located in Clinton County
  • Fickle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
    • Fickle is located in Clinton County
  • Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Clinton County
  • Geetingsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geetingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
    • Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
  • Kentwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
    • Kentwood is located in Clinton County
  • Mechanicsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
    • Mechanicsburg is located in Boone County
  • Michigantown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigantown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigantown
    • Michigantown is located in Clinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigantown <3>
  • Mulberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Woodside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
    • Woodside Park is located in Clinton County

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

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

  • Frankfort, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 41 miles [66 km]<4> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Wesley Manor to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 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 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wesley Manor 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wesley Manor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wesley Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2964, Longitude: -86.5119       In this case, the coordinates for Wesley Manor 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 Wesley Manor 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 313.706 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.272 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.481 degrees.




 

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