Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Royal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Royal
- 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 Royal:
- 39.305902, -82.572939
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Royal
- 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 Vinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Vinton County
- Since Royal is near Hocking County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Royal ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Royal.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Royal.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Clark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Royal is located in Beaufort County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Royal that is located in Vinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Royal.
- Franklin County
- This Royal is located in Franklin County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km] to the southeast of the Royal that is located in Vinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Royal.
- Ontario
- This Royal lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Royal that is located in Vinton County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette 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 Pennsylvania community of Royal [Fayette County].
- Susquehanna County
- This Royal is located in Susquehanna County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Royal that is located in Vinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Royal.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal ...
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.
- Apple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Cedar Falls ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cedar Falls is located in Hocking County
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Hocking County
- Eagle Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Eagle Mills is located in Vinton County
- Elk Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Goosetown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Hue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Jimtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Nancy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Point Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Ratcliffburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratcliffburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliffburg
- Ratcliffburg is located in Vinton County
- Red Diamond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Diamond
- Red Diamond is located in Vinton County
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Smock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nancy ‑ Historic
How Far From Royal 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 Royal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Royal and extending to:
- McArthur, which is the Seat of Vinton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Royal to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Royal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Royal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Royal 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3059, Longitude: -82.5729 In this case, the coordinates for Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Royal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.22 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.291 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.969 degrees. |