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 Fairplay:
39.337001, -84.595780
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.
We found fifteen communities that share the name Fairplay.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Fairplay.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Ohio ...
Jefferson County
This Fairplay is located in Jefferson County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fairplay.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Saline County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Fairplay [Saline County].
Colorado
Park County
This Fairplay is located in Park County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Fairplay.
Georgia
Douglas County
This Fairplay is located in Douglas County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the south of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Fairplay.
Morgan County
This Fairplay is located in Morgan County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the south of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fairplay.
Kansas
Marion County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fairplay [Marion County].
Ness County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fairplay [Ness County].
Kentucky
Adair County
This Fairplay is located in Adair County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Fairplay.
Maryland
Allegany County
This Fairplay is located in Allegany County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Fairplay.
Washington County
This Fairplay is located in Washington County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the east of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fairplay.
Nevada
Elko County
Although located in Elko County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Fairplay.
North Carolina
Stokes County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fairplay [Stokes County].
Ontario
This Fairplay lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
Pennsylvania
Adams County
This Fairplay is located in Adams County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Fairplay.
Virginia
Richmond County
This Fairplay is located in Richmond County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fairplay that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Fairplay.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairplay ...
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.
Atomic View (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atomic View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Fairplay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairplay and extending to:
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Fairplay to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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 three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairplay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairplay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3370, Longitude: -84.5958 In this case, the coordinates for Fairplay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Fairplay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fairplay 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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Fairplay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.484 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.738 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.872 degrees.