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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 Shawnee Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shawnee Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Shawnee Hills:
    • 40.159952, -83.134695
    • 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 Shawnee Hills
  • 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 Shawnee Hills 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 Shawnee Hills

Communities Also Named Shawnee Hills ...

We found three communities that are also named Shawnee Hills.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Shawnee Hills.

Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Greene County
      • This Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shawnee Hills that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Shawnee Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Shawnee Hills is located in Hillsborough County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the south of the Shawnee Hills that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shawnee Hills.
    • Kentucky
      • Trigg County
      • This Shawnee Hills is located in Trigg County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shawnee Hills that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trigg County community of Shawnee Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shawnee Hills ...

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.

How Far From Shawnee Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Shawnee Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shawnee Hills and extending to:

  • Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shawnee Hills to Delaware, 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 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 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shawnee Hills) 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 Shawnee Hills 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 Shawnee Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1600, Longitude: -83.1347    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.552 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.796 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.949 degrees.