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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 Glenndale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenndale 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 Glenndale:
- 40.133405, -80.712303
- 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 Glenndale
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Glenndale is near Ohio County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Glenndale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenndale ...
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.
- Betty Zane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Betty Zane is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty Zane
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clearview is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Echo Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Point is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Point
- Florence
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Florence is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Glen Robbins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Robbins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Robbins
- Glenns Run ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenns Run is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Run
- Greggsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greggsville is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggsville
- Martins Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Terminal Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Terminal Junction is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal Junction
- Warwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warwood is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwood
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Glenndale 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 Glenndale 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<2> community of Glenndale once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Glenndale and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glenndale to Saint Clairsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the west (W). 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 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Glenndale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenndale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Glenndale 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 Glenndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1334, Longitude: -80.7123 In this case, the coordinates for Glenndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.043 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.075 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.857 degrees. |
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