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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 Round Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round Bottom 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 Round Bottom:
    • 39.735074, -80.969267
    • 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 Round Bottom
  • 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Round Bottom is near Marshall County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Round Bottom

Communities Also Named Round Bottom ...

We found three communities that are also named Round Bottom.

Within Ohio, the name Round Bottom is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Round Bottom is located in Bland County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south of the Round Bottom that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Round Bottom.
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall 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 West Virginia community of Round Bottom [Marshall County].
      • Wetzel County
      • This Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east of the Round Bottom that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Round Bottom.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Bottom ...

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.

  • Alexis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Alexis is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
  • Altitude
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Altitude is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
  • Coats
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coats is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
  • Cranenest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cranenest is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranenest
  • Dairy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dairy is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy
  • Dwight
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dwight is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
  • Foxtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxtown is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
  • Hannibal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hannibal is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kent is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Rockport ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockport is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Six Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Six Point is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
  • Stillhouse Run ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stillhouse Run is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillhouse Run

How Far From Round Bottom 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 community such as Round Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Woodsfield, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Round Bottom to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 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 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,617 miles [7,430.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Round Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Round Bottom 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>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 Round Bottom 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 Round Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7351, Longitude: -80.9693       In this case, the coordinates for Round Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.217 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.213 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.111 degrees.