Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Salamonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salamonia and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Salamonia

• 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 Salamonia:
  • 40.381698, -84.866170
  • 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 Salamonia

• 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 Jay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jay County
  • Since Salamonia is near Randolph County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Salamonia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Salamonia ...

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.

• Blaine
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Blaine is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
• Boundary City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Boundary City is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
• Bucks Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bucks Corner is located in Darke County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
• College Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • College Corner is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner
• Fort Recovery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Recovery is located in Mercer County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Recovery
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Recovery <1>
• Lightsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lightsville is located in Darke County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
• Noble
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Noble is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
• Pleasant Ridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Ridge is located in Jay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
• Randolph
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Randolph is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
• Rose Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Hill is located in Darke County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Salamonia and extending to:

• Portland, which is the Seat of Jay County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Salamonia to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'