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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 Am-Beth Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Am-Beth Acres 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 Am-Beth Acres:
    • 39.085617, -84.280771
    • 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 Am-Beth Acres
  • 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 Clermont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
    • Since Am-Beth Acres is near Hamilton County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Am-Beth Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Am-Beth Acres ...

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.

  • Dry Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Run is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Eightmile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eightmile is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
  • Forestville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forestville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Fruit Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
  • Home ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Home is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
  • Locust Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Locust Corner is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
  • Locust Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Locust Lake is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lake
  • Mount Summit
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
  • Olive Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Olive Branch is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Plainville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Stonelick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonelick is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelick
  • Summerside
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Summerside is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Terrace Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Terrace Park is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,292 people
    • Viking Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Viking Village is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Village
    • Watch Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
    • Willowville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Willowville is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville

How Far From Am-Beth Acres 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 Am-Beth Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Am-Beth Acres and extending to:

  • Batavia, which is the Seat of Clermont County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Am-Beth Acres to Columbus, 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 6 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 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 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- Am-Beth Acres) 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 Am-Beth Acres 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 Am-Beth Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0856, Longitude: -84.2808       In this case, the coordinates for Am-Beth Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.287 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.477 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.804 degrees.