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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 Sego, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sego 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 Sego:
- 39.847290, -82.207646
- 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 Sego
- 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 Sego is near Muskingum County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking 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 Sego
Communities Also Named Sego ...
We found two communities that are also named Sego.
Within Ohio, the name Sego is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Reno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sego [Reno County].
- Utah
- Grand County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Sego [Grand County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sego ...
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.
- Cannon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Glass Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ironspot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ironspot is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironspot
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Meadow Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Farm is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Farm
- Mount Perry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Reading is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Reading
- Opera ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Opera is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opera
- Redfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ziontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Sego 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 Sego to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Sego and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sego to New Lexington, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,665 miles [7,507.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sego 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. |
| <2> | 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 Sego, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sego) 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 Sego 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 Sego. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8473, Longitude: -82.2076 In this case, the coordinates for Sego have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.98 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.098 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.629 degrees. |
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