Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Rendville:
  • 39.619922, -82.089952
  • 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 Rendville

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
  • Since Rendville is near Athens County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Rendville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rendville ...

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
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Claybank ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Claybank is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
• Congo
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Congo is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
• Corning
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Corning is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <1>
• Hemlock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemlock is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
• Portersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Portersville is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
• Shilling ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shilling is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shilling
• Sulphur Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Whipstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Whipstown is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipstown
• Yellowtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Yellowtown is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowtown

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

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

• New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rendville to New Lexington, with an average speed<3> 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 53 miles [85.3 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 274 miles [441 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,075 miles [9,776.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'