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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 West Whiteland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Whiteland 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 West Whiteland:
- 39.551437, -86.087486
- 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 West Whiteland
- 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 West Whiteland is near Marion County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 West Whiteland
Communities Also Named West Whiteland ...
We found one communities that are also named West Whiteland.
Within Indiana, the name West Whiteland is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named West Whiteland in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of West Whiteland [Chester County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Whiteland ...
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.
- Clearview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clearview is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Eagle Trace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Trace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Trace
- El Dorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- El Dorado is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Frances
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frances is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Golden Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Golden Grove is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hunters Pointe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Pointe is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pointe
- Imperial Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Imperial Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Hills
- Kinder
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kinder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stones Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Waters Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waters Edge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
- Willow Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lakes
- Woodland Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Stream is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Stream
How Far From West Whiteland 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 West Whiteland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Whiteland and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from West Whiteland to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 West Whiteland 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> | 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- West Whiteland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 West Whiteland 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 West Whiteland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5514, Longitude: -86.0875 In this case, the coordinates for West Whiteland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.852 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.494 degrees. |
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