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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 Yeagers Curve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yeagers Curve 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 Yeagers Curve:
- 40.698649, -87.439190
- 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 Yeagers Curve
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Yeagers Curve is near Newton County and also Iroquois County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois 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 Yeagers Curve
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yeagers Curve ...
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.
- Beaver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fowler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Free
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Free is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free
- Freeland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Goodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Handy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Handy is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Kentland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Yeagers Curve 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 Yeagers Curve to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yeagers Curve and extending to:
- Fowler, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Yeagers Curve 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 6 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 565 miles [909.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yeagers Curve) 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 Yeagers Curve 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 Yeagers Curve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6986, Longitude: -87.4392 In this case, the coordinates for Yeagers Curve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.31 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.02 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.809 degrees. |
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