Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glencoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glencoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glencoe
- 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 Glencoe:
- 40.008900, -80.888765
- 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 Glencoe
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Glencoe is near Marshall County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Ohio 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
Communities Also Named Glencoe ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Glencoe.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Glencoe.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 31 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Glencoe is located in Etowah County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Glencoe.
- Jefferson County
- This Glencoe is located in Jefferson County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the southwest of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glencoe.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Glencoe is located in Baltimore County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the east of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Glencoe.
- Kent County
- This Glencoe is located in Kent County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Glencoe.
- Michigan
- Bay 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 Michigan community of Glencoe [Bay County].
- Huron County
- This Glencoe is located in Huron County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Glencoe.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Brunswick
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- This Glencoe is located in Alamance County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Glencoe.
- Pender 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 North Carolina community of Glencoe [Pender County].
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Glencoe lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- This Glencoe lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Glencoe that is located in Belmont County.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glencoe ...
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.
- Anvil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
- Anvil is located in Belmont County
- Blaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Belmont County
- Businessburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Businessburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
- Businessburg is located in Belmont County
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Belmont County
- Echo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Great Western
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Western have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Western
- Great Western is located in Belmont County
- Homeside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Jacobsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County
- Key
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Provident
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Glencoe 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 Glencoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glencoe and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the North.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Glencoe to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 219 miles [352.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,603 miles [7,407.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glencoe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Belmont County: www.belmontcountyohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Glencoe 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- Glencoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glencoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0089, Longitude: -80.8888 |
| <3> | 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 Glencoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Glencoe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.157 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.186 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.98 degrees. |