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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 Murdock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Murdock 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 Murdock:
- 39.292069, -84.205511
- 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 Murdock
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Murdock is near Clermont County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Murdock
Communities Also Named Murdock ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Murdock.
Within Ohio, the name Murdock is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Charlotte County
- This Murdock is located in Charlotte County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the south of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Murdock.
- Illinois
- Douglas County
- This Murdock is located in Douglas County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the west of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Murdock.
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- This Murdock is located in Lawrence County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Murdock.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Murdock [Butler County].
- Kingman County
- This Murdock is located in Kingman County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Murdock.
- Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Murdock [Tangipahoa Parish].
- Minnesota
- Swift County
- This Murdock is located in Swift County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swift County community of Murdock.
- Nebraska
- Cass County
- This Murdock is located in Cass County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Murdock.
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Murdock.
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- This Murdock is located in Somerset County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the east of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Murdock.
- Utah
- Beaver County
- This Murdock is located in Beaver County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the west of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Murdock.
- Davis County
- This Murdock is located in Davis County and lies 1,466 miles [2,359.3 km] to the west northwest of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Murdock.
- Washington
- Klickitat County
- This Murdock is located in Klickitat County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Murdock that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Murdock.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Murdock ...
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.
- Branch Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hills is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Kings Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park
- Maineville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mary Ellen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mary Ellen is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen
- Mount Repose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sixteen Mile Stand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sixteen Mile Stand is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Stand
- Socialville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Socialville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socialville
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Springvale is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Twenty Mile Stand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twenty Mile Stand is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Mile Stand
How Far From Murdock to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Murdock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Murdock and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Murdock to Lebanon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,773 miles [7,681.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murdock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Murdock 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Murdock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Murdock 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 Murdock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2921, Longitude: -84.2055 In this case, the coordinates for Murdock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.238 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.452 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.708 degrees. |
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