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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 Sodom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sodom 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 Sodom:
    • 40.087277, -84.071050
    • 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 Sodom
  • 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 Miami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
    • Since Sodom is near Champaign County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Sodom

Communities Also Named Sodom ...

We found ten communities that are also named Sodom.

There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Sodom.

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

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Champaign County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Champaign County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Sodom.
    • Trumbull County
      • This Sodom is located in Trumbull County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Sodom.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Sodom is located in Litchfield County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Sodom.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Sodom is located in Cumberland County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sodom.
      • Oxford County
      • This Sodom is located in Oxford County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Sodom.
    • New York
      • Putnam County
      • This Sodom is located in Putnam County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Sodom.
      • Warren County
      • This Sodom is located in Warren County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Sodom.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sodom [Madison County].
    • Vermont
      • Bennington County
      • This Sodom is located in Bennington County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Sodom.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Sodom is located in Logan County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the southeast of the Sodom that is located in Miami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Sodom.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sodom ...

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.

  • Brown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brown is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Carysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Carysville is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
  • Christiansburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Haven View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Haven View is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven View
  • Lena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lena is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Rosewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosewood is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Twin Lakes ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Valentine ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Valentine is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
  • Willowick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Willowick is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowick
  • Windy Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Windy Corner is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Corner

How Far From Sodom 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 Sodom to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Sodom once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sodom and extending to:

  • Troy, which is the Seat of Miami County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Sodom to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 383 miles [616.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,734 miles [7,618.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Sodom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sodom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Sodom 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sodom 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 Sodom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0873, Longitude: -84.0710       In this case, the coordinates for Sodom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.145 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.46 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.403 degrees.