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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 Cherryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherryville 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 Cherryville:
    • 38.611191, -82.530714
    • 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 Cherryville
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Cherryville is near Gallia County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Cherryville

Communities Also Named Cherryville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Cherryville.

Within Ohio, the name Cherryville is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Cherryville lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
    • Idaho
      • Franklin County
      • This Cherryville is located in Franklin County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cherryville.
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cherryville [Labette County].
      • Montgomery 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 Cherryville [Montgomery County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • Although located in Lawrence County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Cherryville.
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Cherryville is located in Crawford County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Cherryville.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Cherryville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Cherryville.
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Cherryville [Socorro County].
    • North Carolina
      • Gaston County
      • This Cherryville is located in Gaston County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gaston County community of Cherryville.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Cherryville is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,064 miles [3,321.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Cherryville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • This Cherryville is located in Northampton County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherryville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Cherryville.
      • Schuylkill County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cherryville [Schuylkill County].
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cherryville [Sumter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherryville ...

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.

  • Arabia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arabia is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
  • Bald Knob
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bald Knob is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
  • Five Forks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Five Forks is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Greasy Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greasy Ridge is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Ridge
  • Ida ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ida is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Johns Creek ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
  • Rock Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rock Camp is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
  • Suiter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Suiter is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suiter
  • Vesuvius Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Vesuvius Furnace is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius Furnace
  • Willow Wood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Wood is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Cherryville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherryville and extending to:

  • Ironton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cherryville to Ironton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,731 miles [7,613.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cherryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Cherryville 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.
<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 Cherryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cherryville 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 Cherryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6112, Longitude: -82.5307       In this case, the coordinates for Cherryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.206 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.173 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.171 degrees.