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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 Knollwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knollwood Village 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 Knollwood Village:
- 39.621730, -82.899622
- 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 Knollwood Village
- 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 Pickaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
- Since Knollwood Village is near Fairfield County and also Ross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ross 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 Knollwood Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knollwood Village ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Circleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Hooven ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hooven is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooven
- Little Chicago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chicago is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Little Walnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Spunkeytown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spunkeytown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spunkeytown
- Stoutsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Knollwood Village 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 Knollwood Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Knollwood Village and extending to:
- Circleville, which is the Seat of Pickaway County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Knollwood Village to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,704 miles [7,570.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knollwood Village) 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 Knollwood Village 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 Knollwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6217, Longitude: -82.8996 In this case, the coordinates for Knollwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.416 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.562 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.015 degrees. |
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