Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Gass, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Gass and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Gass
- 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 Fort Gass:
- 39.217556, -84.785783
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fort Gass
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Fort Gass is near Dearborn County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dearborn County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Gass ...
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.
- Alert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Alert is located in Butler County
- Atomic View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atomic View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atomic View
- Atomic View is located in Butler County
- Blue Jay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Blue Jay is located in Hamilton County
- Dent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Hamilton County
- Fernbank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Francisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
- Francisville is located in Boone County (KY)
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grandview is located in Hamilton County
- Homestead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hooven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooven
- Hooven is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooven <3>
- Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Shaker Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County
- Valley Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Hamilton County
How Far From Fort Gass to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fort Gass 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<4> community of Fort Gass once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Fort Gass and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Gass to Cincinnati, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Fort Gass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Gass) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Gass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2176, Longitude: -84.7858 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Gass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fort Gass 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 312.604 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.859 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.993 degrees. |