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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 Hooven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hooven 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 Hooven:
- 39.522562, -82.936013
- 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 Hooven
- 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 Pickaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
- Since Hooven is near Ross County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ross County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Hooven
Communities Also Named Hooven ...
We found one communities that are also named Hooven.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Hooven.
Beyond Ohio.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Hamilton County
- This Hooven is located in Hamilton County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hooven that is located in Pickaway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hooven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hooven ...
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.
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Hallsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kinderhook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Spunkeytown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spunkeytown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spunkeytown
- Stoutsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Yellowbud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
How Far From Hooven 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 Hooven 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<3> community of Hooven once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hooven and extending to:
- Circleville, which is the Seat of Pickaway County, lies just to the North.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Hooven to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,710 miles [7,580 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hooven) 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> | 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 Hooven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Hooven 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 Hooven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5226, Longitude: -82.9360 In this case, the coordinates for Hooven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.441 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.576 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.063 degrees. |
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