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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 Rowdyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowdyville and the surrounding area.
- 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 Rowdyville:
- 40.095329, -84.343003
- 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 Rowdyville
- 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 Miami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Since Rowdyville is near Darke County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Rowdyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowdyville ...
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.
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Jimtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Laura
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Painter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Pattytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pattytown is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattytown
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Red River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Summitville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summitville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Twin Lakes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Union Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Union Corners is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
How Far From Rowdyville 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 Rowdyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Rowdyville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rowdyville and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Miami County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rowdyville to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,142 miles [9,884.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Rowdyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rowdyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rowdyville 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 Rowdyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0953, Longitude: -84.3430 In this case, the coordinates for Rowdyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.317 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.658 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.526 degrees. |
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