Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pattytown:
  • 40.021996, -84.413560
  • 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 Pattytown

• 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 Miami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
  • Since Pattytown is near Darke County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Pattytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pattytown ...

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.

• Five Points
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Five Points is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Fourmans Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fourmans Corners is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmans Corners
• Laura
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Laura is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laura <1>
• Mulberry Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mulberry Grove is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
• Painter Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Painter Creek is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <1>
• Poplar Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
• Red River
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Red River is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
• Rowdyville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rowdyville is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowdyville
• Steel Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Steel Point is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Point
• Sugar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
• Union Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Corners is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners

How Far From Pattytown 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 community such as Pattytown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pattytown and extending to:

• Troy, which is the Seat of Miami County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pattytown to Troy, with an average speed<3> 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'