Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Moscow:
  • 40.210626, -81.971802
  • 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 Moscow

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Moscow ...

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.

• Blue Row
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Blue Row is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Row
• Conesville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Conesville is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
• Ferncliff ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferncliff is located in Muskingum County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
• Franklin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Franklin is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
• Graham Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Graham Corners is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corners
• Hardscrabble
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardscrabble is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
• Maysville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Maysville is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Mohawk Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
• Pleasantville ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pleasantville is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
• Rock Cut
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
• Tunnel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
• Willowbrook ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook

How Far From New Moscow 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 Moscow 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 Moscow and extending to:

• Coshocton, which is the Seat of Coshocton County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from New Moscow 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 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,043 miles [9,725.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'