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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 Cortsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cortsville 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 Cortsville:
- 39.796408, -83.721137
- 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 Cortsville
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Cortsville is near Greene County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Cortsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cortsville ...
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.
- Blessing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blessing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Hedges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Limecrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limecrest is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limecrest
- Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Locustgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Locustgrove is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustgrove
- Meadow Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Meadow Lane is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Pitchin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Possum Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Possum Woods is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Woods
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Riceville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sun Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Yellow Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Cortsville 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 Cortsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cortsville and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cortsville to Springfield, with an average speed<3> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,732 miles [7,615.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cortsville) 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 Cortsville 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 Cortsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7964, Longitude: -83.7211 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.928 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.333 degrees. |
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