Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wirt Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wirt Station and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wirt Station

• 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 Wirt Station:
  • 38.811447, -85.439682
  • 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 Wirt Station

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Wirt Station is near Trimble County and also Ripley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trimble County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley 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 Wirt Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wirt Station ...

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.

• Barbersville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Barbersville is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbersville
• Central
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Central is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• China
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • China is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
• Deputy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Deputy is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deputy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deputy <1>
• Five Points
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Points is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Kent
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kent is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
• Manville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Manville is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
• Paris
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Paris is located in Jennings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Paris Crossing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
• Swanville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanville is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville
• Trout
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Trout is located in Trimble County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
• Walnut Ridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnut Ridge is located in Jennings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wirt Station and extending to:

• Madison, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wirt Station to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'