"IF YOU ARE CONFUSED, CHECK WITH THE SUN.
CARRY A COMPASS, TO HELP YOU ALONG."
-R.E.M.
CARRY A COMPASS, TO HELP YOU ALONG."
-R.E.M.
Above: Eighth Street veers to the west. Chestnut Street jogs north. 14 1/2 Street does not continue south. These are the initial clues to the presence of the pentagram. Ninth Street is one arm of the pentagram. The intersection of Popular Street and 14 1/2 Street is not a point on the pentagram.
Below: A modern image (2016) showing the five points of the pentagram. The distance of BE is 2,160 feet and CA is 3,510 feet.
Below: A modern image (2016) showing the five points of the pentagram. The distance of BE is 2,160 feet and CA is 3,510 feet.
Below: The combined length should be 17,550 feet (3,510 feet x 5) and the measured distance is 17,573 feet , for a variance of around one tenth of of one percent.
Point A
39°27'55.76"N 87°24'19.82"W |
Point B
39°28'13.15"N 87°24' 2.87"W |
Point C
39°28' 6.46"N 87°23'36.96"W |
Point D
39°27'45.06"N 87°23'36.96"W |
Point E
39°27'38.37"N 87°24' 2.87"W |
"Is there a town lovelier than Terre Haute?...Here is the world in miniature."
- "Terre Haute", Max Ehrmann