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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 Indian Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian 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 Indian Camp:
- 40.094516, -81.645679
- 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 Indian 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 Guernsey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey County
- Since Indian Camp is near Muskingum County and also Coshocton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coshocton 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 Indian Camp
Communities Also Named Indian Camp ...
We found one communities that are also named Indian Camp.
Within Ohio, the name Indian Camp is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Indian Camp in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Upshur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Indian Camp [Upshur County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian 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.
- Birds Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flat Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Meadow Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Stringtown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sycamore Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Hills is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Hills
How Far From Indian 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 community such as Indian 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 Indian Camp and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Guernsey County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Camp 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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,631 miles [7,452.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Indian Camp could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Indian 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 Indian 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 Indian Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0945, Longitude: -81.6457 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.623 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.292 degrees. |
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