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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 Fairpoint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairpoint and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fairpoint:
    • 40.120348, -80.932871
    • 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 Fairpoint
  • 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 Fairpoint is near Harrison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Fairpoint

Communities Also Named Fairpoint ...

We found two communities that are also named Fairpoint.

Within Ohio, the name Fairpoint is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Rice 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 Kansas community of Fairpoint [Rice County].
    • South Dakota
      • Meade County
      • This Fairpoint is located in Meade County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fairpoint that is located in Belmont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Fairpoint.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairpoint ...

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.

  • Blainesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Blainesville is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainesville
  • Crabapple
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Crabapple is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Crescent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Crescent is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Donnersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Donnersville is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnersville
  • Great Western
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Great Western is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Western
  • Homeside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Homeside is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeside
  • Kinsman
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kinsman is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
  • Lloydsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lloydsville is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
  • Provident
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Provident is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
  • Shepherdstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Shepherdstown is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
  • Uniontown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Uniontown is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairpoint and extending to:

  • Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fairpoint to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 224 miles [360.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fairpoint 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>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- Fairpoint) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Fairpoint 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 Fairpoint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1203, Longitude: -80.9329       In this case, the coordinates for Fairpoint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.18 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.229 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.961 degrees.