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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 Fort Scott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Scott 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 Fort Scott:
- 39.270890, -84.659670
- 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 Fort Scott
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Fort Scott is near Butler County and also Dearborn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dearborn 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 Fort Scott
Communities Also Named Fort Scott ...
We found two communities that are also named Fort Scott.
Within Ohio, the name Fort Scott is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Francisco 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 California community of Fort Scott [San Francisco County].
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- This Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<2> to the west of the Fort Scott that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Fort Scott.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Scott ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Atomic View is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atomic View
- Bevis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bevis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevis
- Birdland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Birdland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdland
- Blue Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Jay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Dent
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dent is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
- Dry Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Ridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge
- Fairplay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Layhigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Layhigh is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layhigh
- Lynnview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview
- Mount Healthy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm
- Shaker Village ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
How Far From Fort Scott 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 Scott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Scott and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Scott to Cincinnati, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 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 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 Fort Scott 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Scott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fort Scott 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 Fort Scott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2709, Longitude: -84.6597 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Scott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.524 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.775 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.92 degrees. |
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