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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 Shanesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shanesville 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 Shanesville:
- 40.511175, -81.653181
- 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 Shanesville
- 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 Tuscarawas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
- Since Shanesville is near Holmes County and also Coshocton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coshocton 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 Shanesville
Communities Also Named Shanesville ...
We found one communities that are also named Shanesville.
Within Ohio, the name Shanesville is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Shanesville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Shanesville is located in Berks County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east of the Shanesville that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Shanesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shanesville ...
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.
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Charm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Fiat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Limpytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Limpytown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limpytown
- Sugarcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Walnut Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winklepleck Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winklepleck Grove is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winklepleck Grove
How Far From Shanesville 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 Shanesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shanesville and extending to:
- New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Shanesville to New Philadelphia, with an average speed<3> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,615 miles [7,427.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shanesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Shanesville 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 Shanesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5112, Longitude: -81.6532 In this case, the coordinates for Shanesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.779 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.152 degrees. |
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