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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 Kingsbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsbury and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kingsbury:
    • 39.111466, -82.005696
    • 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 Kingsbury
  • 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
    • Since Kingsbury is near Athens County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Kingsbury

Communities Also Named Kingsbury ...

We found ten communities that are also named Kingsbury.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Kingsbury.

Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Kingsbury.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Kingsbury.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Kingsbury.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Douglas County and lies 2,017 miles [3,246 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kingsbury.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Washington County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Kingsbury.
    • Quebec
      • This Kingsbury lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kingsbury [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Montgomery County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kingsbury.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Guadalupe County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kingsbury that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Kingsbury.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood 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 West Virginia community of Kingsbury [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsbury ...

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.

  • Chester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Darwin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Darwin is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Flatwoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatwoods is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Flora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Flora is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Forest Run ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Run is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Run
  • Hemlock Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hemlock Grove is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Grove
  • Pratts Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pratts Fork is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Fork
  • Rock Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rock Springs is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Wolfpen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolfpen is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfpen

How Far From Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsbury and extending to:

  • Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsbury to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 267 miles [429.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Kingsbury, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Kingsbury 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 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.
<5>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 Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1115, Longitude: -82.0057       In this case, the coordinates for Kingsbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.874 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.868 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.78 degrees.