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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 Scioto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scioto 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 Scioto:
- 40.280339, -83.140746
- 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 Scioto
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Scioto is near Union County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Scioto
Communities Also Named Scioto ...
We found two communities that are also named Scioto.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Scioto.
Beyond Ohio.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Scioto.
- Scioto 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 Ohio community of Scioto [Scioto County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scioto ...
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.
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Delaware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Delaware Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware Meadows is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Meadows
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Jones ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Pluggys Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pluggys Town is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluggys Town
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Sandy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandy Hill is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
How Far From Scioto 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 Scioto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Scioto once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Scioto and extending to:
- Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Scioto to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scioto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Scioto 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Scioto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Scioto 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 Scioto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2803, Longitude: -83.1407 In this case, the coordinates for Scioto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.553 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.815 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.912 degrees. |
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