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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 Rich Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rich Hill 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 Rich Hill:
    • 40.321173, -82.727118
    • 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 Rich Hill
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Rich Hill is near Morrow County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Rich Hill

Communities Also Named Rich Hill ...

We found seven communities that are also named Rich Hill.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Rich Hill.

Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Muskingum County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rich Hill [Muskingum County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • This Rich Hill is located in Bates County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west of the Rich Hill that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Rich Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • This Rich Hill is located in Alleghany County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Rich Hill that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Rich Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Rich Hill lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rich Hill that is located in Knox County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Rich Hill is located in Bucks County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the east of the Rich Hill that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Rich Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Rich Hill is located in Washington County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the east of the Rich Hill that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rich Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rich Hill [Spartanburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rich Hill ...

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.

  • Centerburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fargo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fargo is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
  • Five Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Five Corners is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Lock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock is located in Licking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
  • Mount Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
  • Olive Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Olive Green is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
  • Pagetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pagetown is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
  • Peerless ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Peerless is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Peerless has also been known as:
    • Peerless Station
  • Stark Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stark Corners is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Corners
  • Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
  • Vails Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners

How Far From Rich Hill 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 Rich Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rich Hill to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 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 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rich Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rich Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Rich Hill 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.
<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 Rich Hill 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 Rich Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3212, Longitude: -82.7271       In this case, the coordinates for Rich Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.292 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.523 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.709 degrees.