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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 Honeytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honeytown 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 Honeytown:
- 40.797001, -81.879584
- 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 Honeytown
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Honeytown is near Holmes County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 Honeytown
Communities Also Named Honeytown ...
We found one communities that are also named Honeytown.
Within Ohio, the name Honeytown is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Honeytown in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia County
- This Honeytown is located in Columbia County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the east of the Honeytown that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Honeytown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Honeytown ...
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.
- Apple Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boys Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Devil Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Edinburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburgh is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Mechanicsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Riceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riceland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceland
How Far From Honeytown 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 Honeytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Honeytown and extending to:
- Wooster, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Honeytown to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 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 4,613 miles [7,423.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Honeytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Honeytown 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 Honeytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7970, Longitude: -81.8796 In this case, the coordinates for Honeytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.158 degrees. |
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