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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 Green Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Camp 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 Green Camp:
- 40.531981, -83.207648
- 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 Green Camp
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Green Camp is near Union County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Green Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Camp ...
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.
- Carpenters Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carpenters Corners is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corners
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Hords ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hords is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hords
- Longville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Lynn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meeker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Richwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Green Camp 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 village such as Green Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Green Camp and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Green Camp to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Green Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Green Camp 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 Green Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5320, Longitude: -83.2076 In this case, the coordinates for Green Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.589 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.893 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.861 degrees. |
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