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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 Pottery Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pottery Addition 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 Pottery Addition:
    • 40.402290, -80.625074
    • 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 Pottery Addition
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Pottery Addition is near Hancock County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Pottery Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pottery Addition ...

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.

  • Blackhorse ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Blackhorse is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
  • Chestnut Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Coketown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Coketown is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketown
  • Fishersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fishersville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersville
  • Forest View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest View is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Island Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
  • Kings Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Creek is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Logrow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Logrow is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logrow
  • Longview Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longview Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
  • Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
  • Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Mingo Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Overlook Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Overlook Hills is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Hills
    • Paris
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Paris is located in Washington County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Pleasant Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Heights is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
    • Pleasant Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Shady Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
    • Sun Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sun Valley is located in Hancock County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Sunshine Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunshine Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
    • Winterdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Winterdale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale
    • Wintersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pottery Addition to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,575 miles [7,362.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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>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- Pottery Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Pottery Addition 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 Pottery Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4023, Longitude: -80.6251       In this case, the coordinates for Pottery Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.977 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.041 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.722 degrees.