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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 Wooley Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooley Corner 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 Wooley Corner:
- 40.010875, -87.165288
- 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 Wooley Corner
- 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 Fountain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fountain County
- Since Wooley Corner is near Parke County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Wooley Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooley Corner ...
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.
- Bethany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Centennial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centennial is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Coal Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Deer Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Mill
- Elmdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Graham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Harveysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Hibernia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hibernia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Hunter Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hunter Corner is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Corner
- Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Steam Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steam Corner is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corner
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Sycamore Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore Ford is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Ford
- Waveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Wooley Corner 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 Wooley Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wooley Corner and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Fountain County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wooley Corner to Covington, 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wooley Corner) 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 Wooley Corner 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 Wooley Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0109, Longitude: -87.1653 In this case, the coordinates for Wooley Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.128 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.714 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.87 degrees. |
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