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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 Armenia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armenia 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 Armenia:
- 39.225076, -81.701241
- 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 Armenia
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Armenia is near Wood County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens 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 Armenia
Communities Also Named Armenia ...
We found three communities that are also named Armenia.
Within Ohio, the name Armenia is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Screven County
- 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 Georgia community of Armenia [Screven County].
- 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 Armenia.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- This Armenia is located in Chester County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the south of the Armenia that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Armenia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Armenia ...
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.
- Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Hockingport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hockingport is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockingport
- Ireland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ireland is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Lee Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lee Creek is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Little Hocking
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New England
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New England is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Porterfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Redbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Torch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Torch is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch
- Walkers Crossing ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walkers Crossing is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing
How Far From Armenia 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 community such as Armenia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Armenia once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Armenia and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Armenia to Marietta, with an average speed<5> 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 86 miles [138.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Armenia 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Armenia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Armenia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Armenia 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 Armenia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2251, Longitude: -81.7012 In this case, the coordinates for Armenia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.683 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.668 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.608 degrees. |
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