Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Portersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Portersville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Portersville
- 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 Portersville:
- 39.674791, -82.030975
- 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 Portersville
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Portersville is near Morgan County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Athens 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Portersville ...
We found five communities that share the name Portersville.
Within Ohio, the name Portersville is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This Portersville is located in DeKalb County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Portersville that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Portersville.
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- This Portersville is located in Dubois County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Portersville that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Portersville.
- North Carolina
- Bladen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Portersville [Bladen County].
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Portersville is located in Butler County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Portersville that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Portersville.
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- This Portersville is located in Lincoln County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the south of the Portersville that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Portersville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Portersville ...
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.
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Congo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Corning is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <4>
- Flatiron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Halls Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Valley
- Halls Valley is located in Morgan County
- Joetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Rose Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Perry County
- Tropic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Yellowtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowtown
- Yellowtown is located in Perry County
How Far From Portersville 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 Portersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Portersville and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Portersville to New Lexington, with an average speed<5> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 272 miles [437.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,665 miles [7,507.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Portersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6748, Longitude: -82.0310 In this case, the coordinates for Portersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Portersville 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Portersville 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 310.875 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.953 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.606 degrees. |