Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ohio City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ohio City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ohio City
- 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 Ohio City:
- 38.568536, -106.611507
- 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 Ohio City
- 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 Gunnison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gunnison County
- Since Ohio City is near Chaffee County and also Saguache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- eBird sighting report for Saguache 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 Ohio City ...
We found six communities that share the name Ohio City.
Within Colorado, the name Ohio City is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Edwards 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 Kansas community of Ohio City [Edwards County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ohio City [Franklin County].
- Smith County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Ohio City.
- Missouri
- Mississippi County
- Although located in Mississippi County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Ohio City.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Ohio City is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 1,327 miles [2,135.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Ohio City that is located in Gunnison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Ohio City.
- Van Wert County
- This Ohio City is located in Van Wert County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km] to the east northeast of the Ohio City that is located in Gunnison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Ohio City.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ohio City ...
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.
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Chance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Iris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Iron City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Maysville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Maysville is located in Chaffee County
- Monarch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Monarch is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monarch <5>
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Tincup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
How Far From Ohio City 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 Ohio City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ohio City and extending to:
- Gunnison, which is the Seat of Gunnison County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ohio City to Gunnison, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,751 miles [12,474 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ohio City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Ohio City 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> | 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 Ohio City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ohio City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ohio City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5685, Longitude: -106.6115 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ohio City 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 327.631 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.214 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.97 degrees. |