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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 Sampleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sampleville 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 Sampleville:
- 39.742830, -84.576341
- 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 Sampleville
- 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 Preble County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preble County
- Since Sampleville is near Montgomery County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Sampleville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sampleville ...
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.
- County Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- County Line is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Dadsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dadsville is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dadsville
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Gratis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Johnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Johnsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Richmond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Richmond
- Muttonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Muttonville is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttonville
- Oklahoma ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Ransom
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ransom is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Sugar Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Valley is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Wheatville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wheatville is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
How Far From Sampleville 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 Sampleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sampleville and extending to:
- Eaton, which is the Seat of Preble County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sampleville to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sampleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sampleville 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 Sampleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7428, Longitude: -84.5763 In this case, the coordinates for Sampleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.469 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.78 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.741 degrees. |
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