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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 Langsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langsville 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 Langsville:
- 39.045954, -82.184798
- 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 Langsville
- 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 Langsville is near Gallia County and also Vinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vinton 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 Langsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Langsville ...
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.
- Carpenter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Danville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dyesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dyesville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyesville
- Hanesville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hanesville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanesville
- Lincoln Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Maggie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maggie is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie
- Martinsburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Mason
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pageville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pike Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Hill is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Hill
- Rutland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Valley Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Valley Ford is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ford
- Welsh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Welsh is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
- Wolfpen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolfpen is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfpen
How Far From Langsville 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 Langsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Langsville and extending to:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies just to the East.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Langsville to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 276 miles [444.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Langsville) 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 Langsville 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 Langsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0460, Longitude: -82.1848 In this case, the coordinates for Langsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.985 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.985 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.881 degrees. |
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