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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 Saint Joe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Joe 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 Saint Joe:
- 40.020350, -80.803976
- 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 Saint Joe
- 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 Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Saint Joe is near Marshall County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Saint Joe
Communities Also Named Saint Joe ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Saint Joe.
Within Ohio, the name Saint Joe is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- This Saint Joe is located in Searcy County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Saint Joe.
- Idaho
- Benewah County
- This Saint Joe is located in Benewah County and lies 1,828 miles [2,941.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Saint Joe.
- Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Saint Joe [Kootenai County].
- Illinois
- Monroe County
- This Saint Joe is located in Monroe County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Saint Joe.
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- This Saint Joe is located in DeKalb County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Saint Joe.
- Kansas
- Reno County
- This Saint Joe is located in Reno County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Saint Joe.
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Saint Joe is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Saint Joe.
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- This Saint Joe is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Saint Joe.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Saint Joe is located in Butler County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Saint Joe.
- South Carolina
- Laurens 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 South Carolina community of Saint Joe [Laurens County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This Saint Joe is located in Preston County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Saint Joe that is located in Belmont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Saint Joe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Joe ...
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.
- Anvil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anvil is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
- Blaine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Businessburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Businessburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
- Echo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Homeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homeside is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeside
- Jacobsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Key
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Key is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Martins Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mozart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mozart is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Mozart Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mozart Meadows is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart Meadows
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Shadyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunset Heights is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Vineyard Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vineyard Hills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Hills
How Far From Saint Joe to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Saint Joe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Joe and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Joe to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Saint Joe) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint Joe 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 Saint Joe 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 Saint Joe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0204, Longitude: -80.8040 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Joe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.104 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.938 degrees. |
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