Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pigtown:
  • 40.563674, -81.053429
  • 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 Pigtown

• 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since Pigtown is near Jefferson County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 Pigtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pigtown ...

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.

• Dutch Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dutch Corners is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
• Grampian Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grampian Hills is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grampian Hills
• Harlem Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Harlem Springs is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
• Heritage Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Heritage Hills is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
• Hickory Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Mechanicstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mechanicstown is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mechanicstown <1>
• Perrysville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Perrysville is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville
• Piney View
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Piney View is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
• Rockwood Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockwood Park is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Park
• Toots Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Toots Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toots Crossroads

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

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

• Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pigtown to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,712 miles [10,801.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'