Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alfred, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alfred and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alfred
- 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 Alfred:
- 39.172576, -81.920971
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Alfred
- 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Since Alfred is near Athens County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Athens County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Alfred ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Alfred.
Within Ohio, the name Alfred is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- New York
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- Although located in Beaufort County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Alfred.
- Robeson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alfred [Robeson County].
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- This Alfred lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Alfred that is located in Meigs County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alfred ...
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.
- Anthony
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Darwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Flora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hemlock Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Grove
- Hemlock Grove is located in Meigs County
- Hull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Joppa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Keno
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Kingsbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Pratts Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratts Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Fork
- Pratts Fork is located in Athens County
- Success
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Alfred 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 Alfred to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alfred and extending to:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alfred to Pomeroy, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alfred. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Alfred 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alfred) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alfred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1726, Longitude: -81.9210 In this case, the coordinates for Alfred have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alfred to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.816 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.723 degrees. |