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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 Sciotoville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sciotoville 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 Sciotoville:
- 38.759755, -82.891947
- 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 Sciotoville
- 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 Scioto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto County
- Since Sciotoville is near Greenup County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Sciotoville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sciotoville ...
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.
- Eden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eden Park is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Fair Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Oaks is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Frost
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Limeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Limeville is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeville
- Rubyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rubyville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubyville
- Sand Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Twin Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Valley is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
How Far From Sciotoville 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 Sciotoville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sciotoville and extending to:
- Portsmouth, which is the Seat of Scioto County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sciotoville to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 315 miles [506.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,740 miles [7,628.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sciotoville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sciotoville 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 Sciotoville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7598, Longitude: -82.8919 In this case, the coordinates for Sciotoville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.426 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.446 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.284 degrees. |
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