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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 Hoboken, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoboken 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 Hoboken:
    • 39.558403, -82.103478
    • 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 Hoboken
  • 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 Hoboken ...

We found eight communities that share the name Hoboken.

Within Ohio, the name Hoboken is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Hoboken is located in Barbour County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Hoboken.
      • Marengo County
      • This Hoboken is located in Marengo County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the southwest of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Hoboken.
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Hoboken is located in Trinity County and lies 2,160 miles [3,476.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Hoboken.
    • Georgia
      • Brantley County
      • This Hoboken is located in Brantley County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the south of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brantley County community of Hoboken.
      • Pierce 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 Georgia community of Hoboken [Pierce County].
    • New Jersey
      • Hudson County
      • This Hoboken is located in Hudson County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudson County community of Hoboken.
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Hoboken is located in Otsego County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hoboken that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Hoboken.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Hoboken [Allegheny County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoboken ...

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.

  • Bishopville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishopville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
    • Bishopville is located in Morgan County
  • Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
  • Congo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
    • Congo is located in Perry County
  • Corning
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Goose Run ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Run
    • Goose Run is located in Athens County
  • Greens Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
    • Greens Run is located in Athens County
  • Hemlock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
    • Hemlock is located in Perry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Jobs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jobs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
    • Jobs is located in Hocking County
  • Lewis ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Lewis is located in Morgan County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lost Run ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Run
      • Lost Run is located in Hocking County
    • Redtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
      • Redtown is located in Athens County
    • Shilling ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shilling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shilling
      • Shilling is located in Morgan County
    • Sulphur Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Perry County
    • Trimble
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
      • Trimble is located in Athens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trimble <4>
    • Whipstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipstown
      • Whipstown is located in Perry County

How Far From Hoboken 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 Hoboken to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Hoboken once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hoboken and extending to:

  • New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hoboken to New Lexington, with an average speed<6> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 274 miles [441 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hoboken) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hoboken. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5584, Longitude: -82.1035       In this case, the coordinates for Hoboken have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hoboken 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>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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Hoboken, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hoboken to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.923 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.99 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.677 degrees.









 

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