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 South Hamilton:
39.381723, -84.559391
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 South Hamilton
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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named South Hamilton.
Within Ohio, the name South Hamilton is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Essex County
This South Hamilton is located in Essex County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Hamilton that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of South Hamilton.
New York
Madison County
This South Hamilton is located in Madison County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Hamilton that is located in Butler County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of South Hamilton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hamilton ...
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.
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 community such as South Hamilton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Hamilton and extending to:
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from South Hamilton to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Hamilton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
<3>
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 South Hamilton 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 South Hamilton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3817, Longitude: -84.5594 In this case, the coordinates for South Hamilton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.461 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.718 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.842 degrees.