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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 Glen Ebon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Ebon 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 Glen Ebon:
- 39.404238, -82.190703
- 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 Glen Ebon
- 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 Athens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Since Glen Ebon is near Hocking County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Glen Ebon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Ebon ...
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.
- Candy Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Coonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonville
- Elliottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Goose Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goose Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Run
- Greens Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Hocking ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hocking is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocking
- Jobs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Monday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monday is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
- Redtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redtown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Sugar Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Truetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
How Far From Glen Ebon 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 Glen Ebon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Glen Ebon and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Athens County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Glen Ebon to Columbus, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Glen Ebon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Glen Ebon 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 Glen Ebon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4042, Longitude: -82.1907 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Ebon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.981 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.033 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.767 degrees. |
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