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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 Chevington Woods North, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chevington Woods North 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 Chevington Woods North:
- 39.933953, -82.747950
- 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 Chevington Woods North
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since Chevington Woods North is near Licking County and also Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Chevington Woods North
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chevington Woods North ...
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.
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Blacklick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Fursville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fursville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fursville
- Groveport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Havens Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Lockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Lockville Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lockville Station is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville Station
- Rose Hill Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Heights is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Heights
- Summit Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
How Far From Chevington Woods North 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 Chevington Woods North to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chevington Woods North and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chevington Woods North to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 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 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,809 miles [10,958 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,685 miles [7,539.8 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 '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- Chevington Woods North) 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 Chevington Woods North 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 Chevington Woods North. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9340, Longitude: -82.7480 In this case, the coordinates for Chevington Woods North have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.315 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.492 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.845 degrees. |
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