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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 Indian Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Town 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 Indian Town:
- 38.369018, -77.798604
- 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 Indian Town
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Indian Town is near Culpeper County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culpeper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 Indian Town
Communities Also Named Indian Town ...
We found four communities that are also named Indian Town.
Within Virginia, the name Indian Town is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- This Indian Town is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Indian Town that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Indian Town.
- Michigan
- Alger County
- This Indian Town is located in Alger County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Indian Town that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Indian Town.
- Mason County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Indian Town [Mason County].
- Missouri
- Maries County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Maries County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Indian Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Town ...
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.
- Burr Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Cookstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cookstown is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
- Flat Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flat Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Run
- Gold Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Dale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dale
- Kellys Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mine Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mine Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Run
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Holly is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Raccoon Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Raccoon Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Ford
- Sumerduck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- True Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- Wilderness
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderness is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
- Wilderness Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderness Corner is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Corner
How Far From Indian Town 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 community such as Indian Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Town and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Indian Town to Orange, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Indian Town 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Indian Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Indian Town 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 Indian Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3690, Longitude: -77.7986 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.369 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.903 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.232 degrees. |
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