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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 Costonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Costonia 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 Costonia:
- 40.427012, -80.617851
- 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 Costonia
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Costonia is near Hancock County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Costonia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Costonia ...
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.
- Blackhorse ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blackhorse is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Coketown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coketown is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketown
- Empire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Fishersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fishersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersville
- Island Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Kings Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Lincoln Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Logrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Logrow is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logrow
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Overlook Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Overlook Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Hills
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paris is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pleasant Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pottery Addition
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pottery Addition is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottery Addition
- Shady Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunshine Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
- Wintersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Costonia 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 Costonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Costonia and extending to:
- Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Costonia to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 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 '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- Costonia) 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 Costonia 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 Costonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4270, Longitude: -80.6179 In this case, the coordinates for Costonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.038 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.71 degrees. |
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