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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 Carysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carysville 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 Carysville:
- 40.211703, -83.980235
- 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 Carysville
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Carysville is near Shelby County and also Miami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami 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 Carysville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carysville ...
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.
- Christiansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crayon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crayon is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayon
- Haven View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haven View is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven View
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Kingscreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rosewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sodom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sodom is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Twin Lakes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Valentine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valentine is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Windy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Windy Corner is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Corner
How Far From Carysville 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 Carysville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carysville and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carysville to Urbana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,725 miles [7,604.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carysville) 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 Carysville 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 Carysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2117, Longitude: -83.9802 In this case, the coordinates for Carysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.085 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.411 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.322 degrees. |
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