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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 Pluggys Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pluggys Town 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 Pluggys Town:
- 40.300061, -83.066576
- 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 Pluggys Town
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Pluggys Town is near Knox County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Pluggys Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pluggys Town ...
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.
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Delaware
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Delaware Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Delaware Meadows is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Meadows
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Jones ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Leonardsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Lewis Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Sandy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hill is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
How Far From Pluggys Town 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 Pluggys Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Pluggys Town once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pluggys Town and extending to:
- Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Pluggys Town to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pluggys Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pluggys Town) 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 Pluggys Town 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 Pluggys Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3001, Longitude: -83.0666 In this case, the coordinates for Pluggys Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.506 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.764 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.872 degrees. |
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