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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 Northup, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northup 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 Northup:
- 38.782025, -82.283761
- 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 Northup
- 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 Gallia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
- Since Northup is near Mason County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Northup
Communities Also Named Northup ...
We found one communities that are also named Northup.
Within Ohio, the name Northup is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Northup in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Northup [Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northup ...
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.
- Angel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Boggs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boggs is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Evans Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Heights is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Heights
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hedgewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgewood is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
- Hideaway Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hideaway Acres is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
- Holiday Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Lawnview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnview is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnview
- Meadow Look
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Look is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Look
- Moody ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moody is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Orchard Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Patriot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Willow Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Woods is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
How Far From Northup 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 Northup to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Northup and extending to:
- Gallipolis, which is the Seat of Gallia County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Northup to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Northup 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northup) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Northup 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 Northup. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7820, Longitude: -82.2838 In this case, the coordinates for Northup have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.051 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.022 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.009 degrees. |
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