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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 Wheatonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheatonville 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 Wheatonville:
- 38.187187, -87.461271
- 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 Wheatonville
- 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 Warrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warrick County
- Since Wheatonville is near Gibson County and also Vanderburgh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vanderburgh 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 Wheatonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheatonville ...
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.
- Castle Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Castle Garden is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
- Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Crossroads ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Daylight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fisherville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fisherville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Graham Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gray Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Junction is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Junction
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- King
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- King is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Knob Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Knob Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Lynnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Melody Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Rosebud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosebud is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Stanley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Stringtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Wheatonville 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 Wheatonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wheatonville and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Warrick County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wheatonville to Boonville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 564 miles [907.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Wheatonville) 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 Wheatonville 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 Wheatonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1872, Longitude: -87.4613 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.49 degrees. |
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