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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 Chalfants, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chalfants 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 Chalfants:
- 39.869032, -82.285639
- 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 Chalfants
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Chalfants is near Licking County and also Muskingum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum 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 Chalfants
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chalfants ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Cannon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Edgewater Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Glass Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Mount Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Reading is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Reading
- Opera ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Opera is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opera
- Redfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ziontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Chalfants 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 community such as Chalfants to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chalfants and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chalfants to New Lexington, 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 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> | 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chalfants) 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 Chalfants 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 Chalfants. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8690, Longitude: -82.2856 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.028 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.657 degrees. |
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