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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 Owensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owensville 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 Owensville:
    • 39.124403, -84.136282
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Owensville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Owensville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Owensville.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Owensville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Scioto County
      • This Owensville is located in Scioto County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Owensville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saline County
      • This Owensville is located in Saline County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Owensville.
    • California
      • Inyo County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Owensville [Inyo County].
    • Indiana
      • Gibson County
      • This Owensville is located in Gibson County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Owensville.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel 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 Maryland community of Owensville [Anne Arundel County].
      • Calvert County
      • This Owensville is located in Calvert County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the east of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Owensville.
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Clay County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Owensville.
      • Gasconade County
      • This Owensville is located in Gasconade County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the west of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Owensville.
    • Texas
      • Robertson County
      • This Owensville is located in Robertson County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Owensville.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Owensville is located in Albemarle County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Owensville that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Owensville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Owensville ...

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.

  • Blowville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowville
    • Blowville is located in Clermont County
  • Craver
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craver
    • Craver is located in Clermont County
  • Elenor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elenor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elenor
    • Elenor is located in Clermont County
  • Modest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modest
    • Modest is located in Clermont County
  • Olive Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
    • Olive Branch is located in Clermont County
  • Pringle Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Corners
    • Pringle Corners is located in Clermont County
  • Stonelick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonelick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelick
    • Stonelick is located in Clermont County
  • Williams Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corners
    • Williams Corners is located in Clermont County
  • Willowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
    • Willowville is located in Clermont County
  • Woodland Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
    • Woodland Park is located in Clermont County

How Far From Owensville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Owensville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Batavia, which is the Seat of Clermont County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Owensville 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 5 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 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Owensville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clermont County: www.co.clermont.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Owensville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1244, Longitude: -84.1363       In this case, the coordinates for Owensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Owensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Owensville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Owensville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.196 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.379 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.727 degrees.









 

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