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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 Chili, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chili 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 Chili:
- 40.373982, -81.754372
- 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 Chili
- 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 Coshocton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coshocton County
- Since Chili is near Tuscarawas County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Chili
Communities Also Named Chili ...
We found five communities that are also named Chili.
Within Ohio, the name Chili is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- This Chili is located in Hancock County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the west of the Chili that is located in Coshocton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Chili.
- Indiana
- Miami County
- This Chili is located in Miami County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the west of the Chili that is located in Coshocton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Chili.
- New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- This Chili is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<1> to the west of the Chili that is located in Coshocton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Chili.
- New York
- Monroe 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 New York community of Chili [Monroe County].
- Wisconsin
- Clark County
- This Chili is located in Clark County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Chili that is located in Coshocton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Chili.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chili ...
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.
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Charm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Farmerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fiat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiat is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Flat Iron Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Iron Corner is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron Corner
- Hardscrabble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hardscrabble is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Holly ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Limpytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Limpytown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limpytown
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Pearl
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Shady Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Bend is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Chili 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 Chili to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chili and extending to:
- Coshocton, which is the Seat of Coshocton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chili to Coshocton, 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Chili) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Chili 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Chili 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 Chili. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3740, Longitude: -81.7544 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.836 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.246 degrees. |
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