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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 Jones Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones Farm 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 Jones Farm:
- 39.246447, -84.339383
- 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 Jones Farm
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Jones Farm is near Clermont County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Jones Farm
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones Farm ...
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.
- Branch Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Branch Hill is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Hill
- Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clearview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,522 people
- Highpoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highpoint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Indian Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Knolls is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Knolls
- Indianview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indianview is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianview
- Kennedy Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
- Loveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Loveland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park
- Raiders Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raiders Run is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raiders Run
- Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Robinhood Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinhood Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Hills
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rolling Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Knolls is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
- Rolling Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Woods is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
- Sixteen Mile Stand
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sixteen Mile Stand is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Stand
- Socialville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Socialville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socialville
- Sunburst Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunburst Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst Hills
- Top-of-the-Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Top-of-the-Ridge is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-Ridge
- Twenty Mile Stand
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twenty Mile Stand is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Mile Stand
How Far From Jones Farm to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jones Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jones Farm and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jones Farm to Cincinnati, 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 87 miles [140 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,781 miles [7,694.3 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 from Point A (ie- Jones Farm) 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 Jones Farm 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 Jones Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2464, Longitude: -84.3394 In this case, the coordinates for Jones Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.323 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.782 degrees. |
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