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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 Wilkinson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson:
    • 39.885731, -85.608416
    • 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 Wilkinson
  • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Wilkinson is near Henry County and also Kosciusko County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko 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 Wilkinson

Communities Also Named Wilkinson ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Wilkinson.

There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Wilkinson.

Beyond Indiana, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Warrick 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 Indiana community of Wilkinson [Warrick County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Shasta County and lies 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Wilkinson.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb County
      • This Wilkinson is located in DeKalb County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Wilkinson.
    • Kansas
      • Logan 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 Kansas community of Wilkinson [Logan County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Wilkinson [Berrien County].
    • Minnesota
      • Cass County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Cass County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wilkinson.
    • Mississippi
      • Lincoln County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Lincoln County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wilkinson.
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the south southwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Wilkinson.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Wilkinson [Saint Louis County].
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Beaufort County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Wilkinson.
    • Ontario
      • This Wilkinson lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
    • Texas
      • Titus County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Titus County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Titus County community of Wilkinson.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Logan County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wilkinson that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkinson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkinson ...

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.

  • Charlottesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
  • Eden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Henry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Henry is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Knightstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Maple Valley is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
  • Maxwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Maxwell is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Mechanicsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mechanicsburg is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
  • Pleasant Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Raysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Raysville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
  • Spiceland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Stone Quarry Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stone Quarry Mills is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Quarry Mills
  • Stringtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stringtown is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Sulphur Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Spring is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
  • Willow Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Willow Branch is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch

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

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

  • Greenfield, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wilkinson to Greenfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 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 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 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 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 Wilkinson 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilkinson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8857, Longitude: -85.6084       In this case, the coordinates for Wilkinson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.125 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.55 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.176 degrees.