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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 Mount Carrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Carrick 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 Mount Carrick:
- 39.753220, -81.042071
- 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 Mount Carrick
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Mount Carrick is near Belmont County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Mount Carrick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Carrick ...
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.
- Altitude
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Altitude is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Coats
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranenest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cranenest is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranenest
- Dairy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dairy is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy
- Decker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Dwight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dwight is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Foxtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Foxtown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hope Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Ridge
- Jerusalem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Mechanicsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Plainview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Six Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Six Point is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
How Far From Mount Carrick 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 Mount Carrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mount Carrick and extending to:
- Woodsfield, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Carrick to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,026 miles [9,697.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Mount Carrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mount Carrick 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 Mount Carrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7532, Longitude: -81.0421 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Carrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.261 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.137 degrees. |
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