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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 Hendrysburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hendrysburg 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 Hendrysburg:
- 40.061264, -81.165072
- 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 Hendrysburg
- 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 Hendrysburg is near Guernsey County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Hendrysburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hendrysburg ...
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.
- Badgertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Badgertown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badgertown
- Cabinet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cabinet is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
- Egypt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Flushing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Great Western
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Great Western is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Western
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lloydsville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Loghaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loghaven is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghaven
- Londonderry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakgrove is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Quaker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hendrysburg 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 Hendrysburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hendrysburg and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hendrysburg to Saint Clairsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 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' (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- Hendrysburg) 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 Hendrysburg 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 Hendrysburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0613, Longitude: -81.1651 In this case, the coordinates for Hendrysburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.326 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.086 degrees. |
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