Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Carthage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carthage and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Carthage
- 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 Carthage:
- 39.197003, -84.479109
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Carthage
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Carthage is near Campbell County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- eBird sighting report for Butler 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Carthage ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Carthage.
Within Ohio, the name Carthage is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- This Carthage is located in Hancock County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Carthage.
- Ogle County
- This Carthage is located in Ogle County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the northwest of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Carthage.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Ford 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 Kansas community of Carthage [Ford County].
- Meade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carthage [Meade County].
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carthage [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- This Carthage is located in Adams County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Carthage.
- Leake County
- This Carthage is located in Leake County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the southwest of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Carthage.
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Carthage lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- South Dakota
- Lawrence County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Carthage [Lawrence County].
- Miner County
- This Carthage is located in Miner County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Carthage that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miner County community of Carthage.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carthage ...
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.
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hartwell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Hartwell is located in Hamilton County
- Idlewild
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Ivorydale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Ivorydale Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivorydale Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale Junction
- Ivorydale Junction is located in Hamilton County
- Kennedy Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
- Kennedy Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,354 people
- Lockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Lynnview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Mount Healthy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Healthy
- Mount Healthy is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,799 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Healthy <5>
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Pleasant Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Hamilton County
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- Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Reading is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reading <5>
- Roselawn
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Spring Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
- Spring Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Walnut Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Wyoming is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,550 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <5>
- Wyoming Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Meadows
- Wyoming Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Reading
How Far From Carthage 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 Carthage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carthage and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Carthage to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carthage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Carthage 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carthage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carthage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1970, Longitude: -84.4791 In this case, the coordinates for Carthage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Carthage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Carthage to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.411 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.635 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.86 degrees. |