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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 New Palestine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Palestine 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 New Palestine:
- 39.008674, -84.304937
- 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 Palestine
- 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 Clermont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
- Since New Palestine is near Campbell County and also Hamilton 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 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 New Palestine
Communities Also Named New Palestine ...
We found four communities that are also named New Palestine.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named New Palestine.
Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Hamilton County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of New Palestine.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Randolph County
- This New Palestine is located in Randolph County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the west of the New Palestine that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of New Palestine.
- Indiana
- Hancock County
- This New Palestine is located in Hancock County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the New Palestine that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of New Palestine.
- Missouri
- Cooper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of New Palestine [Cooper County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Palestine ...
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.
- California
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carthage
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carthage is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Run is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Eightmile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eightmile is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Forestville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fruit Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Hamlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Home ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Home is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Locust Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Locust Corner is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
- Locust Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Lake is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lake
- Melbourne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mount Holly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Holly is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
- Olive Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Silver Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summerside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Summerside is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside
- Sweetwine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetwine is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwine
- Viking Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Viking Village is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Village
- Watch Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
- Willowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowville is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
How Far From New Palestine 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 New Palestine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Palestine and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Clermont County, lies just to the Northeast.
- 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 New Palestine to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 390 miles [627.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 New Palestine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Palestine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 New Palestine 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. |
| <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 New Palestine 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 New Palestine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0087, Longitude: -84.3049 In this case, the coordinates for New Palestine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.302 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.484 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.838 degrees. |
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