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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 Thruston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thruston 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 Thruston:
- 37.801161, -87.028051
- 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 Thruston
- 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Since Thruston is near Spencer County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Thruston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thruston ...
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.
- Africa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Habit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Habit is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habit
- Knottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Knottsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Patronville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Patronville is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patronville
- Rock Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Silverdale is located in Spencer County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Spice Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spice Knob is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spice Knob
How Far From Thruston 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 Thruston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thruston and extending to:
- Owensboro, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Thruston to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 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 6,356 miles [10,229 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 4,957 miles [7,977.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thruston) 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 Thruston 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 Thruston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8012, Longitude: -87.0281 In this case, the coordinates for Thruston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.003 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.26 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.393 degrees. |
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