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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 Lucasburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lucasburg 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 Lucasburg:
- 39.954516, -81.569290
- 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 Lucasburg
- 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 Guernsey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey County
- Since Lucasburg is near Noble County and also Muskingum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum 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 Lucasburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucasburg ...
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.
- Blacktop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blacktop is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktop
- Bluebell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Buckeyeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buckeyeville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeyeville
- Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Byesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Five Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Helena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Ideal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ideal is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Kipling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kipling is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Marysville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Pleasant City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Lucasburg 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 Lucasburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lucasburg and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Guernsey County, lies just to the North.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lucasburg 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 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,634 miles [7,457.7 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- Lucasburg) 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 Lucasburg 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 Lucasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9545, Longitude: -81.5693 In this case, the coordinates for Lucasburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.58 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.659 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.305 degrees. |
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