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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 Armadale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armadale 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 Armadale:
- 39.395823, -81.922692
- 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 Armadale
- 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 Athens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Since Armadale is near Morgan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Armadale
Communities Also Named Armadale ...
We found two communities that are also named Armadale.
Within Ohio, the name Armadale is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Armadale.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Armadale lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Armadale that is located in Athens County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Armadale ...
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.
- Big Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Federal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Federal is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
- Guysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Joy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New England
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New England is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Plantsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plantsville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsville
- Stringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sugar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
How Far From Armadale 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 Armadale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Armadale and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Athens County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Armadale to Athens, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Armadale 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Armadale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Armadale 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 Armadale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3958, Longitude: -81.9227 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.815 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.65 degrees. |
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