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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 Avonburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avonburg 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 Avonburg:
- 38.886415, -85.172799
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Avonburg
- 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 Switzerland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Switzerland County
- Since Avonburg is near Ripley County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Avonburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avonburg ...
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.
- Aaron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Aaron is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Barbersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barbersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbersville
- Blue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- China
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- China is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Correct
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Correct is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correct
- Cross Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Retreat is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Retreat
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Manville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Avonburg 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 Avonburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Avonburg and extending to:
- Vevay, which is the Seat of Switzerland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Avonburg to Vevay, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 80 miles [128.7 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 437 miles [703.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avonburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Avonburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8864, Longitude: -85.1728 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.848 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.09 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.265 degrees. |
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