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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 Britney Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Britney Acres 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 Britney Acres:
- 39.061173, -84.334661
- 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 Britney 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Britney Acres is near Clermont County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont 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 Britney Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Britney 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 north)
- Dry Run is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Eightmile
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eightmile is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fruit Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Home ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Home is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Melbourne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
- Silver Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summerside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerside is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside
- Sweetwine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sweetwine is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwine
- Viking Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Viking Village is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Village
- Watch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
How Far From Britney Acres to ...
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 Britney Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Britney Acres and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Britney Acres to Cincinnati, 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Britney Acres) 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 Britney 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 Britney Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0612, Longitude: -84.3347 In this case, the coordinates for Britney Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.321 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.512 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.835 degrees. |
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