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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 Needfull, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Needfull 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 Needfull:
- 39.104269, -83.859528
- 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 Needfull
- 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 Highland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highland County
- Since Needfull is near Brown County and also Clermont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont 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 Needfull
Curious and Interesting Names Near Needfull ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chasetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chasetown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasetown
- Fivemile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Hollowtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Honolulu ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Honolulu is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirbyville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
- Pricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pricetown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Upper Fivemile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Upper Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fivemile
How Far From Needfull 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 Needfull to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Needfull and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Highland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Needfull to Hillsboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 366 miles [589 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Needfull) 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 Needfull 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 Needfull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1043, Longitude: -83.8595 In this case, the coordinates for Needfull have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.023 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.179 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.609 degrees. |
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