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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 Hollowtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollowtown 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 Hollowtown:
- 39.112132, -83.781892
- 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 Hollowtown
- 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 Highland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highland County
- Since Hollowtown is near Brown County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Hollowtown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollowtown ...
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.
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chasetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chasetown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasetown
- Danville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fivemile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Honolulu ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Honolulu is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Needfull
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pricetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pricetown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Fivemile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Upper Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fivemile
How Far From Hollowtown 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 Hollowtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hollowtown and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Highland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hollowtown to Hillsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 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 '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- Hollowtown) 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 Hollowtown 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 Hollowtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1121, Longitude: -83.7819 In this case, the coordinates for Hollowtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.975 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.124 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.571 degrees. |
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