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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 San Margherita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Margherita 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 San Margherita:
- 39.994508, -83.086575
- 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 San Margherita
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since San Margherita is near Madison County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 San Margherita
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Margherita ...
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.
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Highway ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
- Lamb Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Lincoln Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Marble Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Minerva Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Roseland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roseland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Seagrove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
- Seagrove has also been known as:
- Seagrave
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
How Far From San Margherita 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 community such as San Margherita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Margherita and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from San Margherita to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,697 miles [7,559.1 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' (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- San Margherita) 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 San Margherita 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 San Margherita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9945, Longitude: -83.0866 In this case, the coordinates for San Margherita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.526 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.98 degrees. |
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