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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 The Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Knolls 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 The Knolls:
    • 40.013671, -83.736039
    • 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 The Knolls
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since The Knolls is near Champaign County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 The Knolls

Communities Also Named The Knolls ...

We found seven communities that are also named The Knolls.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named The Knolls.

Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Stark County
      • This The Knolls is located in Stark County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Knolls that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of The Knolls.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • This The Knolls is located in Kane County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of The Knolls.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This The Knolls is located in Calvert County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Knolls that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of The Knolls.
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This The Knolls is located in Tooele County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of The Knolls.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of The Knolls [Campbell County].
      • Frederick County
      • This The Knolls is located in Frederick County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east of the The Knolls that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of The Knolls.
      • Prince William County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of The Knolls [Prince William County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Knolls ...

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.

  • Bowlusville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
  • Eagle City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagle City is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
  • Glen Echo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Glen Echo is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo
  • Greenlawn Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Harmony is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Holiday Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Home Orchards
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Home Orchards is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Orchards
  • Meadow Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • Miracle Mile
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Miracle Mile is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Mile
  • Mutual
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mutual is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Olympic Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Olympic Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hills
  • Owl Town ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Owl Town is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
  • Spunky Puddle ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Spunky Puddle is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spunky Puddle
  • Walnut Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

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

  • Springfield, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from The Knolls to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 365 miles [587.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 The Knolls 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.
<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 The Knolls 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 The Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0137, Longitude: -83.7360       In this case, the coordinates for The Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.934 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.21 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.271 degrees.