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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 Dorcas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
- 38.972294, -81.889612
- 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 Dorcas
- 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Since Dorcas is near Mason County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Dorcas
Communities Also Named Dorcas ...
We found five communities that are also named Dorcas.
Within Ohio, the name Dorcas is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Okaloosa County
- This Dorcas is located in Okaloosa County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Dorcas that is located in Meigs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okaloosa County community of Dorcas.
- Kansas
- Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Dorcas [Nemaha County].
- Missouri
- Stone County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dorcas [Stone County].
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Dorcas [Augusta County].
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- This Dorcas is located in Grant County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the east of the Dorcas that is located in Meigs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dorcas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorcas ...
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.
- Antiquity
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antiquity is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiquity
- Bald Knobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Knobs is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knobs
- Great Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Great Bend is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Hills Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Crossing is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossing
- Longdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Longdale is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
- Oakgrove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakgrove is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Plants
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spiller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Dorcas 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 Dorcas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dorcas and extending to:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Dorcas to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,688 miles [7,544.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dorcas) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dorcas 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dorcas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dorcas 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 Dorcas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9723, Longitude: -81.8896 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.769 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.774 degrees. |
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