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 Crestfield:
39.317222, -84.396111
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 Crestfield
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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Crestfield.
Within Ohio, the name Crestfield is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Crestfield is located in New Castle County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the east of the Crestfield that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Crestfield.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Crestfield is located in Bibb County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the south of the Crestfield that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Crestfield.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Crestfield is located in Hamilton County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the south of the Crestfield that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Crestfield.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Crestfield is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crestfield that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Crestfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crestfield ...
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.
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 Crestfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crestfield and extending to:
Hamilton, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crestfield to Hamilton, with an average speed<2> 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 87 miles [140 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Crestfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Crestfield 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 Crestfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3172, Longitude: -84.3961 In this case, the coordinates for Crestfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.358 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.592 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.787 degrees.