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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 Claysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claysville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Claysville:
    • 38.622791, -86.289374
    • 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 Claysville
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Claysville is near Orange County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Claysville

Communities Also Named Claysville ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Claysville.

Within Indiana, the name Claysville is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • This Claysville is located in Marshall County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the south of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Claysville.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Claysville is located in Sangamon County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Claysville.
    • Kansas
      • Claysville #
      • 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 Kansas community of Claysville.
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • This Claysville is located in Harrison County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Claysville.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Claysville is located in Montgomery County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the east of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Claysville.
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • This Claysville is located in Boone County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the west of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Claysville.
      • Clay County
      • This Claysville is located in Clay County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the west of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Claysville.
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clinton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Claysville.
      • Guernsey County
      • This Claysville is located in Guernsey County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Claysville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Claysville is located in Washington County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Claysville.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Claysville is located in Cumberland County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Claysville.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Claysville is located in Mineral County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the east of the Claysville that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Claysville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Claysville ...

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.

  • Bono
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Brimstone Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Brimstone Corners is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corners
  • Highland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lost River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lost River is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Orleans
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pumpkin Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Rosebud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosebud is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
  • Rush Creek Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
  • Stampers Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
  • Trotter Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodlawn Grove is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Claysville and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Claysville to Salem, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the north (N). 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 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,890 miles [7,869.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Claysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Claysville 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>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 Claysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Claysville 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 Claysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6228, Longitude: -86.2894       In this case, the coordinates for Claysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.551 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.858 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.844 degrees.