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 Newbury:
41.439220, -81.207880
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 Newbury
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 Geauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named South Newbury.
Within Ohio, the name South Newbury is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
This South Newbury is located in Merrimack County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Newbury that is located in Geauga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of South Newbury.
Vermont
Orange County
This South Newbury is located in Orange County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Newbury that is located in Geauga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of South Newbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Newbury ...
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 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 Newbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Newbury and extending to:
Chardon, which is the Seat of Geauga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from South Newbury to Chardon, 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Newbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Newbury 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 Newbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4392, Longitude: -81.2079 In this case, the coordinates for South Newbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.292 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.556 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.618 degrees.