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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 Plymouth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Plymouth and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Plymouth:
    • 39.384791, -82.396265
    • 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 Plymouth
  • 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 Vinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vinton County
    • Since New Plymouth is near Hocking County and also Athens 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 Athens 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 Plymouth

Communities Also Named New Plymouth ...

We found three communities that are also named New Plymouth.

Within Ohio, the name New Plymouth is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of New Plymouth.
    • Idaho
      • Payette County
      • This New Plymouth is located in Payette County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the New Plymouth that is located in Vinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payette County community of New Plymouth.
    • Virginia
      • Lunenburg 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 Virginia community of New Plymouth [Lunenburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Plymouth ...

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.

  • Blackjack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackjack is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
  • Carbondale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Carbondale is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Cedar Falls ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Falls is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
  • Coonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Coonville is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonville
  • Hocking ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hocking is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocking
  • Hope ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hope is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Hue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hue is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hue
  • King's Station ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • King's Station is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
    • King's Station has also been known as:
    • King Hollow
    • King's Hollow
    • King's Switch
  • Moonville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moonville is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Pleasant is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Smock ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Smock is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smock
  • Union Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Plymouth and extending to:

  • McArthur, which is the Seat of Vinton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Plymouth to McArthur, with an average speed<4> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Plymouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Plymouth) 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 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 New Plymouth 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 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.
<5>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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3848, Longitude: -82.3963       In this case, the coordinates for New Plymouth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.109 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.176 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.865 degrees.