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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 Jelloway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jelloway 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 Jelloway:
- 40.536762, -82.300236
- 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 Jelloway
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Jelloway is near Holmes County and also Richland 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 Richland 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 Jelloway
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jelloway ...
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.
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lakeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pinhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Pipesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Jelloway 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 Jelloway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jelloway and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jelloway to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,041 miles [9,722 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jelloway) 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 Jelloway 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 Jelloway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5368, Longitude: -82.3002 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.017 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.44 degrees. |
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