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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 Athlone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Athlone 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 Athlone:
    • 39.357835, -84.519390
    • 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 Athlone
  • 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Since Athlone is near Hamilton County and also Warren 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 Warren 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 Athlone

Communities Also Named Athlone ...

We found eight communities that are also named Athlone.

Within Ohio, the name Athlone is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Athlone lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Athlone that is located in Butler County.
    • California
      • Merced County
      • This Athlone is located in Merced County and lies 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km]<1> to the west of the Athlone that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merced County community of Athlone.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Athlone is located in Concordia Parish and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Athlone that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Athlone.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Athlone [Monroe County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Athlone.
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Athlone [Yancey County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Athlone.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Athlone is located in Rockingham County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east of the Athlone that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Athlone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Athlone ...

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.

  • Cherokee Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Crescentville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescentville is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville
  • Fairplay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fairplay is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Forest Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Grand View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand View is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • Greenlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenlawn is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greystone is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Homewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Homewood is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Indian Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Jones ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Lawn Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawn Park is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Park
  • Lower Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Ferry is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Pleasant Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Pleasant Run Farm
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm
    • River View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • River View is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
    • Snow Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Snow Hill is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

How Far From Athlone 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 Athlone 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 Athlone once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Athlone and extending to:

  • Hamilton, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Athlone to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Athlone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Athlone 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.
<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 Athlone, 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 Athlone 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 Athlone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3578, Longitude: -84.5194       In this case, the coordinates for Athlone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.435 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.686 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.831 degrees.