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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 Centerburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Centerburg 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 Centerburg:
    • 40.301078, -82.698157
    • 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 Centerburg
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Centerburg is near Morrow County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Licking 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 Centerburg

Communities Also Named Centerburg ...

We found one communities that are also named Centerburg.

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

Beyond Ohio.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Morrow County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Morrow County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Centerburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Centerburg ...

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.

  • Bangs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bangs is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
  • Big Walnut ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
  • Fargo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fargo is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
  • Five Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Five Corners is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Green ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Green is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Lock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock is located in Licking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
  • Mount Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
  • Olive Green
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Olive Green is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
  • Pagetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pagetown is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
  • Peerless ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peerless is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Peerless has also been known as:
    • Peerless Station
  • Rich Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Hill is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
  • Stark Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stark Corners is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Corners
  • Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
  • Vails Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners

How Far From Centerburg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Centerburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Centerburg and extending to:

  • Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Centerburg to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<3> 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Centerburg, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Centerburg) 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 Centerburg 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 Centerburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3011, Longitude: -82.6982       In this case, the coordinates for Centerburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.274 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.50 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.702 degrees.