Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sharpsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharpsburg and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sharpsburg
- 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 Sharpsburg:
- 39.435906, -81.911528
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sharpsburg
- 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 Athens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Since Sharpsburg is near Morgan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sharpsburg ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Sharpsburg.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Sharpsburg.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Mercer County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Mercer County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Sharpsburg.
- Morgan 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 Sharpsburg [Morgan County].
- Mercer County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Coweta County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Coweta County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Sharpsburg.
- Illinois
- Christian County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Christian County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Sharpsburg.
- Iowa
- Taylor County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Sharpsburg.
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Bath County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Sharpsburg.
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Washington County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the east of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sharpsburg.
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Madison County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sharpsburg.
- Missouri
- Marion County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Marion County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Sharpsburg.
- North Carolina
- Edgecombe County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Edgecombe County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Sharpsburg.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Allegheny County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Sharpsburg.
- Huntingdon County
- This Sharpsburg is located in Huntingdon County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east northeast of the Sharpsburg that is located in Athens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Sharpsburg.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharpsburg ...
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.
- Big Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Elliott Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Federal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Joy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Lewis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mudsock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - New England
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New England have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- New England is located in Athens County
- Plantsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsville
- Plantsville is located in Athens County
- Todds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Todds is located in Morgan County
How Far From Sharpsburg 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 Sharpsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharpsburg and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Athens County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sharpsburg to Athens, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sharpsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Athens County: www.athenscountygovernment.com/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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- Sharpsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharpsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4359, Longitude: -81.9115 In this case, the coordinates for Sharpsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sharpsburg 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Sharpsburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.807 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.841 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.632 degrees. |