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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 Key, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Key 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 Key:
- 39.975073, -80.870091
- 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 Key
- 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 Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Key is near Marshall County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Key
Communities Also Named Key ...
We found ten communities that are also named Key.
Within Ohio, the name Key is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- This Key is located in Cherokee County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Key that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Key.
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Key [Benton County].
- Georgia
- Brooks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Key [Brooks County].
- Iowa
- Bremer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Key [Bremer County].
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Key [Cloud County].
- Saskatchewan
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- South Carolina
- Marlboro County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Key [Marlboro County].
- Tennessee
- White County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Key [White County].
- Texas
- Dawson County
- This Key is located in Dawson County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Key that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Key.
- West Virginia
- Pendleton County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Key [Pendleton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Key ...
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.
- Anvil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anvil is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Businessburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Businessburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Homeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Homeside is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeside
- Jacobsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Moundsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Provident
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Provident is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
- Shadyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Key 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 Key to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Key and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Key to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,603 miles [7,407.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Key) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Key, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Key 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Key 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 Key. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9751, Longitude: -80.8701 In this case, the coordinates for Key have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.169 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.984 degrees. |
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