Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Floodwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Floodwood and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Floodwood

• 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 New Floodwood:
  • 39.413682, -82.187925
  • 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 New Floodwood

• 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 Athens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
  • Since New Floodwood is near Hocking County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 New Floodwood

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Floodwood ...

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.

• Candy Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Candy Town is located in Hocking County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
• Carbon Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
• Carbondale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Carbondale is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
• Five Points
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Points is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Goose Run ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Goose Run is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Run
• Greens Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greens Run is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
• Hocking ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hocking is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocking
• Jobs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jobs is located in Hocking County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
• Monday
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Monday is located in Hocking County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
• Redtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Redtown is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
• Sugar Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Creek is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
• Truetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Truetown is located in Athens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown

How Far From New Floodwood 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 New Floodwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Floodwood and extending to:

• Athens, which is the Seat of Athens County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from New Floodwood to Columbus, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'