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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 Glasgow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glasgow 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 Glasgow:
    • 40.308680, -81.550674
    • 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 Glasgow
  • 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

Communities Also Named Glasgow ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Glasgow.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Glasgow.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Columbiana County
      • This Glasgow is located in Columbiana County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Glasgow.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler County
      • This Glasgow is located in Butler County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Glasgow.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Glasgow is located in Jefferson County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km] to the southwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glasgow.
    • California
      • San Bernardino 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 California community of Glasgow [San Bernardino County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Glasgow is located in New Castle County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Glasgow.
    • Georgia
      • Thomas County
      • This Glasgow is located in Thomas County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Glasgow.
    • Illinois
      • Scott County
      • This Glasgow is located in Scott County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Glasgow.
    • Iowa
      • Black Hawk 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 Iowa community of Glasgow [Black Hawk County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Glasgow is located in Jefferson County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glasgow.
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie 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 Glasgow [Pottawatomie County].
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • This Glasgow is located in Barren County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Glasgow.
    • Minnesota
      • Wabasha 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 Minnesota community of Glasgow [Wabasha County].
    • Missouri
      • Howard County
      • This Glasgow is located in Howard County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Glasgow.
    • Montana
      • Valley County
      • This Glasgow is located in Valley County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Glasgow.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Glasgow lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
    • Ontario
      • This Glasgow lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Glasgow is located in Coos County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Glasgow.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • This Glasgow is located in Beaver County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Glasgow.
      • Cambria County
      • This Glasgow is located in Cambria County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Glasgow.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Glasgow is located in Montgomery County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the east of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glasgow.
    • Tennessee
      • Weakley 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 Tennessee community of Glasgow [Weakley County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockbridge County
      • This Glasgow is located in Rockbridge County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Glasgow.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Glasgow is located in Kanawha County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the south of the Glasgow that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Glasgow.
    • Wisconsin
      • Trempealeau 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 Wisconsin community of Glasgow [Trempealeau County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glasgow ...

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.

  • Booth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
    • Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Creekside Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creekside Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Crossing
    • Creekside Crossing is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Elm ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Elm is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Flat Iron Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Iron Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron Corner
    • Flat Iron Corner is located in Coshocton County
  • Lock Seventeen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Seventeen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
    • Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Low Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
    • Low Gap is located in Coshocton County
  • Newcomerstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Orange is located in Coshocton County
  • Postboy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Postboy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
    • Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Shady Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
    • Shady Bend is located in Coshocton County
  • Stone Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Stone Creek is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stone Creek <5>
  • Wolf
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
    • Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Yankeetown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
    • Yankeetown is located in Tuscarawas County

How Far From Glasgow to ...

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 Glasgow to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glasgow to New Philadelphia, with an average speed<6> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glasgow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tuscarawas County: www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glasgow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glasgow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3087, Longitude: -81.5507       In this case, the coordinates for Glasgow 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 Glasgow, 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 Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 310.556 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.685 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.175 degrees.









 

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