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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 Rushville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rushville 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 Rushville:
    • 39.123967, -81.760132
    • 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 Rushville
  • 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
    • Since Rushville is near Wood County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Rushville

Communities Also Named Rushville ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Rushville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Rushville.

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

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Fairfield County
      • This Rushville is located in Fairfield County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Rushville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Schuyler County
      • This Rushville is located in Schuyler County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Rushville.
    • Indiana
      • Rush County
      • This Rushville is located in Rush County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Rushville.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • This Rushville is located in Jasper County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Rushville.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison 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 Kansas community of Rushville [Atchison County].
      • Ford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rushville [Ford County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rushville is located in Montgomery County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rushville.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • This Rushville is located in Buchanan County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Rushville.
    • Nebraska
      • Sheridan County
      • This Rushville is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Rushville.
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Rushville is located in Yates County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Rushville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Rushville is located in Susquehanna County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Rushville.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Rushville is located in Greenwood County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the south of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Rushville.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Rushville is located in Rockingham County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Rushville.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Rushville is located in Roane County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rushville that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Rushville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rushville ...

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.

  • Eden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eden is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Hockingport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hockingport is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockingport
  • Joppa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Joppa is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Lee Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee Creek is located in Wood County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
  • Lone Cedar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
  • Long Bottom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Neptune
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Neptune is located in Jackson County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Pond Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pond Creek is located in Wood County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
  • Randolph Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
  • Reedsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Reedsville is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
  • Shade River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shade River is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade River
  • Success
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Success is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success

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

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

  • Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rushville to Pomeroy, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rushville) 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 Rushville 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 Rushville 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 Rushville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1240, Longitude: -81.7601       In this case, the coordinates for Rushville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.722 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.697 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.668 degrees.