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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 Royalton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royalton 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 Royalton:
    • 39.727564, -82.766560
    • 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 Royalton
  • 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Since Royalton is near Pickaway County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Royalton

Communities Also Named Royalton ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Royalton.

Within Ohio, the name Royalton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • This Royalton is located in Franklin County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Royalton.
    • Indiana
      • Boone County
      • This Royalton is located in Boone County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Royalton.
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Royalton is located in Magoffin County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Royalton.
      • Russell 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 Kentucky community of Royalton [Russell County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Royalton [Berrien County].
    • Minnesota
      • Morrison County
      • This Royalton is located in Morrison County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrison County community of Royalton.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Royalton lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
    • New York
      • Niagara 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 New York community of Royalton [Niagara County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Royalton is located in Dauphin County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Royalton.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Royalton is located in Windsor County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Royalton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waupaca County
      • This Royalton is located in Waupaca County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Royalton that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Royalton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royalton ...

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.

  • Amanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Greencastle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Hooker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hooker is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Lockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lockville is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
  • Lockville Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lockville Station is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville Station
  • Marcy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marcy is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
  • Nebraska ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
  • Rock Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Mill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Walnut
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Walnut is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Royalton to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 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 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royalton) 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 Royalton 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Royalton 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 Royalton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7276, Longitude: -82.7666       In this case, the coordinates for Royalton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.331 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.481 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.921 degrees.