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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 Calcutta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calcutta and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Calcutta:
    • 40.673397, -80.576459
    • 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 Calcutta
  • 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 Columbiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
    • Since Calcutta is near Beaver County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Calcutta

Communities Also Named Calcutta ...

We found six communities that are also named Calcutta.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Calcutta.

Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Stark County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Calcutta.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Calcutta is located in Clay County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the west of the Calcutta that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Calcutta.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Calcutta [Douglas County].
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Calcutta is located in Otsego County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Calcutta that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Calcutta.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • This Calcutta is located in El Paso County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Calcutta that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Calcutta.
    • West Virginia
      • Pleasants County
      • This Calcutta is located in Pleasants County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Calcutta that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pleasants County community of Calcutta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Calcutta ...

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.

  • Campus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Campus is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campus
  • Chester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chester is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
  • Congo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Congo is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
  • Dry Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dry Run is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Beaver County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glasgow is located in Beaver County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
  • Hillcrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Jethro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jethro is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lennyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lennyville is located in Hancock County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
    • Middle Beaver ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Middle Beaver is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beaver
    • Pleasant Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Heights is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
    • Rock Camp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rock Camp is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
    • Spring Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Grove is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Sprucevale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sprucevale is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucevale

How Far From Calcutta 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 Calcutta to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Calcutta and extending to:

  • Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Calcutta to Lisbon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,562 miles [7,341.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Calcutta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Calcutta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Calcutta 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Calcutta 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 Calcutta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6734, Longitude: -80.5765       In this case, the coordinates for Calcutta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.935 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.033 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.603 degrees.