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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 Piney View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney View 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 Piney View:
    • 40.512842, -81.142601
    • 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 Piney View
  • 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 Piney View is near Harrison County and also Tuscarawas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas 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 Piney View

Communities Also Named Piney View ...

We found one communities that are also named Piney View.

Within Ohio, the name Piney View is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Piney View in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Piney View is located in Raleigh County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the south of the Piney View that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Piney View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney View ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dutch Corners is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
  • Grampian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grampian Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grampian Hills
  • Heritage Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Hickory Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Leesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Paradise Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradise Point is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
  • Perrysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Perrysville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville
  • Pigtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pigtown is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigtown
  • Rock Canyon Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rock Canyon Park is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon Park
  • Rockwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rockwood Park is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Park
  • Sunset Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sunset Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
  • Thornhill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thornhill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
  • Toots Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Toots Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toots Crossroads

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Piney View to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Piney View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Piney View 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 Piney View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5128, Longitude: -81.1426       In this case, the coordinates for Piney View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.294 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.417 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.918 degrees.