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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 Sayre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sayre 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 Sayre:
- 39.684513, -82.058753
- 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 Sayre
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Sayre is near Morgan County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens 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 Sayre
Communities Also Named Sayre ...
We found six communities that are also named Sayre.
Within Ohio, the name Sayre is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Sayre is located in Jefferson County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sayre that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sayre.
- Montgomery 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 Alabama community of Sayre [Montgomery County].
- Arkansas
- Ouachita County
- This Sayre is located in Ouachita County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sayre that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Sayre.
- Kansas
- Ford County
- This Sayre is located in Ford County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the west of the Sayre that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Sayre.
- Oklahoma
- Beckham County
- This Sayre is located in Beckham County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the west of the Sayre that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Sayre.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- This Sayre is located in Bradford County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sayre that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Sayre.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sayre ...
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.
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Claybank ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claybank is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Congo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flatiron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flatiron is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatiron
- Halls Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Halls Valley is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Valley
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Portersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Rose Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rose Farm is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Farm
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Tropic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tropic is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropic
- Whipstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whipstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipstown
- Yellowtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yellowtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowtown
How Far From Sayre 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 Sayre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sayre and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Sayre to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sayre) 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 Sayre 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 Sayre 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 Sayre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6845, Longitude: -82.0588 In this case, the coordinates for Sayre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.892 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.974 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.616 degrees. |
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