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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 Lookout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Lookout 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 Mount Lookout:
    • 39.128949, -84.430219
    • 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 Lookout
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Mount Lookout is near Campbell County and also Kenton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton 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 Lookout

Communities Also Named Mount Lookout ...

We found two communities that are also named Mount Lookout.

Within Ohio, the name Mount Lookout is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Lookout [Clark County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas County
      • This Mount Lookout is located in Nicholas County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mount Lookout that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Mount Lookout.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Lookout ...

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.

  • Bucktown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bucktown is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • California
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • California is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
  • Clare
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Clare is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • Idlewild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Idlewild is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Indian Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
  • Ivorydale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivorydale is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale
  • Ivorydale Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivorydale Junction is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale Junction
  • Jerusalem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jerusalem is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Kennedy Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kennedy Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
  • Little Bethlehem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Little Bethlehem is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bethlehem
  • Over-The-Rhine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Over-The-Rhine is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Over-The-Rhine
  • Plainville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Plainville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Red Bank
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Red Bank is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Roselawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Roselawn is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
    • Walnut Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Campbell County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people

How Far From Mount Lookout 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 Mount Lookout to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Lookout 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mount Lookout 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Lookout) 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 Mount Lookout 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 Lookout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1289, Longitude: -84.4302       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Lookout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.381 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.59 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.858 degrees.