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 Apple:
39.402948, -82.706617
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.
We found one communities that are also named Apple.
Within Ohio, the name Apple is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Apple in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Oklahoma
Choctaw County
This Apple is located in Choctaw County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Apple that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Apple.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Apple ...
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.
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 Apple to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Apple and extending to:
Logan, which is the Seat of Hocking County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Apple to Logan, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Apple) 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 Apple 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 Apple. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4029, Longitude: -82.7066 In this case, the coordinates for Apple have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.301 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.398 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.998 degrees.