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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 Dunfee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunfee 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 Dunfee:
    • 39.970906, -80.835089
    • 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 Dunfee
  • 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 Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
    • Since Dunfee is near Marshall County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Dunfee

Communities Also Named Dunfee ...

We found one communities that are also named Dunfee.

Within Ohio, the name Dunfee is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Dunfee in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Whitley County
      • This Dunfee is located in Whitley County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dunfee that is located in Belmont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Dunfee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunfee ...

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.

  • Anvil
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Anvil is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
  • Blaine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Blaine is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Businessburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Businessburg is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Echo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Echo is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Homeside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Homeside is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeside
  • Jacobsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
  • Key
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Key is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
  • Moundsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mozart
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mozart is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
  • Mozart Meadows
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mozart Meadows is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart Meadows
  • Shadyside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

How Far From Dunfee 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 Dunfee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Dunfee once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dunfee and extending to:

  • Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dunfee to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunfee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Dunfee, 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 Dunfee 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 Dunfee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9709, Longitude: -80.8351       In this case, the coordinates for Dunfee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.125 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.144 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.969 degrees.