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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 Commercial Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Commercial Point 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 Commercial Point:
- 39.772306, -83.066358
- 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 Commercial Point
- 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 Pickaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
- Since Commercial Point is near Franklin County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Commercial Point
Communities Also Named Commercial Point ...
We found two communities that are also named Commercial Point.
Within Ohio, the name Commercial Point is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Alexander County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Commercial Point [Alexander County].
- Kentucky
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Commercial Point [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Commercial Point ...
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.
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Gray ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gray is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Grove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chicago
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chicago is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Little Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut
- Pleasant Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Robtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robtown
- Shadeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
How Far From Commercial Point 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 village such as Commercial Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Commercial Point and extending to:
- Circleville, which is the Seat of Pickaway County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Commercial Point to Circleville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 km] to the east (E). 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 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Commercial Point 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Commercial Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Commercial Point 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 Commercial Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7723, Longitude: -83.0664 In this case, the coordinates for Commercial Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.70 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.042 degrees. |
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