Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Russia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Russia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Russia
- 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 Russia:
- 40.234208, -84.408617
- 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 Russia
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Russia is near Miami County and also Darke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Miami County
- eBird sighting report for Darke 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 Russia ...
We found four communities that share the name Russia.
Within Ohio, the name Russia is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- New York
- Clinton County
- This Russia is located in Clinton County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Russia that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Russia.
- Herkimer County
- This Russia is located in Herkimer County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km] to the east northeast of the Russia that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Russia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Russia ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Dawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Earls Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earls Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Island
- Earls Island is located in Shelby County
- Egypt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jimtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Mulberry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Mulberry Grove is located in Miami County
- Needmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Polo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Red River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Rowdyville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowdyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowdyville
- Rowdyville is located in Miami County
- Summitville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summitville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Summitville is located in Miami County
- Uno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Yorkshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Yorkshire is located in Darke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yorkshire <4>
How Far From Russia 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 village such as Russia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Russia and extending to:
- Sidney, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Russia to Sidney, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 402 miles [647 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Russia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shelby County: www.co.shelby.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Russia 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Russia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Russia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2342, Longitude: -84.4086 In this case, the coordinates for Russia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Russia 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 312.357 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.724 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.513 degrees. |