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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 Charters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charters 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 Charters:
- 38.572697, -83.433093
- 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 Charters
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Charters is near Adams County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Charters
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charters ...
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.
- Cottageville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Foxport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Springs is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Springs
- Irwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Poplar Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Flat is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flat
- Queens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Queens is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sandy Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Springs is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Squirrel Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Stout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stout is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
How Far From Charters 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 Charters to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Charters and extending to:
- Vanceburg, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Charters to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Charters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Charters 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 Charters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5727, Longitude: -83.4331 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.762 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.803 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.58 degrees. |
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