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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 East Danville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Danville 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 East Danville:
- 39.115899, -83.719090
- 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 East Danville
- 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 Highland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highland County
- Since East Danville is near Adams County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 East Danville
Communities Also Named East Danville ...
We found one communities that are also named East Danville.
Within Ohio, the name East Danville is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named East Danville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of East Danville [Pittsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Danville ...
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.
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hollowtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hollowtown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtown
- Honolulu ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Honolulu is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Needfull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Needfull is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needfull
- Pricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pricetown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Tree Ridge is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Ridge
How Far From East Danville 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 East Danville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Danville and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Highland County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from East Danville 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 358 miles [576.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 East Danville 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- East Danville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Danville 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 East Danville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1159, Longitude: -83.7191 In this case, the coordinates for East Danville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.08 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.542 degrees. |
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