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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 Kachelmacher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kachelmacher 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 Kachelmacher:
- 39.536458, -82.277372
- 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 Kachelmacher
- 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 Hocking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Since Kachelmacher is near Perry County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens 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 Kachelmacher
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kachelmacher ...
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.
- Candy Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Gore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gore is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Jobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Lost Run ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Run
- Maysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Monday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monday is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
- Monday Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Straitsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Straitsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straitsville
How Far From Kachelmacher 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 Kachelmacher 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<1> community of Kachelmacher once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kachelmacher and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Hocking County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Kachelmacher to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kachelmacher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Kachelmacher) 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 Kachelmacher 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 Kachelmacher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5365, Longitude: -82.2774 In this case, the coordinates for Kachelmacher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.031 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.111 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.763 degrees. |
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