Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cincinnati, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cincinnati and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cincinnati
- 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 Cincinnati:
- 38.400881, -88.511995
- 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 Cincinnati
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Cincinnati is near Hamilton County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Cincinnati ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Cincinnati.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Cincinnati.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Pike 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 Illinois community of Cincinnati [Pike County].
- Pike County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- This Cincinnati is located in Washington County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cincinnati.
- Indiana
- Greene County
- This Cincinnati is located in Greene County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cincinnati.
- Parke County
- This Cincinnati is located in Parke County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north northeast of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Cincinnati.
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- This Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Cincinnati.
- Kansas
- Doniphan 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 Cincinnati [Doniphan County].
- Geary 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 Cincinnati [Geary County].
- Grant 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 Cincinnati [Grant County].
- Leavenworth 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 Cincinnati [Leavenworth County].
- Riley 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 Cincinnati [Riley County].
- Missouri
- Ralls County
- This Cincinnati is located in Ralls County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ralls County community of Cincinnati.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Cincinnati is located in Hamilton County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cincinnati that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cincinnati.
- Texas
- Walker County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Walker County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Cincinnati.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cincinnati ...
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.
- Crisp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Wayne County
- Greathouse Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greathouse Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greathouse Ford
- Greathouse Ford is located in Wayne County
- Helm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Hickory Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Marion County
- Mayberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Orchardville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchardville
- Orchardville is located in Wayne County
- Pigeon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Round Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Round Prairie is located in Wayne County
- Shields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Toms Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toms Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Prairie
- Toms Prairie is located in Wayne County
How Far From Cincinnati to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cincinnati to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cincinnati and extending to:
- Fairfield, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cincinnati to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,992 miles [8,033.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cincinnati. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.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 Cincinnati 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 '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- Cincinnati) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cincinnati. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4009, Longitude: -88.5120 In this case, the coordinates for Cincinnati have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cincinnati, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Cincinnati to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.968 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.452 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.917 degrees. |