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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 Stacy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stacy 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 Stacy:
    • 40.327289, -81.055376
    • 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 Stacy
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Stacy is near Carroll County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Stacy

Communities Also Named Stacy ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Stacy.

Within Ohio, the name Stacy is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Stacy is located in Crittenden County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Stacy.
      • Poinsett County
      • This Stacy is located in Poinsett County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the west southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Stacy.
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • This Stacy is located in Lassen County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Stacy.
    • Kentucky
      • Perry County
      • This Stacy is located in Perry County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Stacy.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Stacy is located in Concordia Parish and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Stacy.
    • Minnesota
      • Chisago County
      • This Stacy is located in Chisago County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Stacy.
    • Montana
      • Custer 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 Montana community of Stacy [Custer County].
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Stacy is located in Carteret County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Stacy.
      • Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Stacy [Rockingham County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Stacy is located in Hawkins County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Stacy.
    • Texas
      • McCulloch County
      • This Stacy is located in McCulloch County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Stacy.
    • Virginia
      • Buchanan County
      • This Stacy is located in Buchanan County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stacy that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Stacy.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stacy ...

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.

  • Apex
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Apex is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
  • Cherry Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Deersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Deersville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Feed Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Laceyville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Laceyville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceyville
  • Leesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Leesville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Panhandle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Panhandle is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
  • Perrysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Perrysville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville
  • Rock Canyon Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Canyon Park is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon Park
  • Science Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Science Hill is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hill
  • Unionport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Unionport is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionport
  • Unionvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Unionvale is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale

How Far From Stacy 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 community such as Stacy 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<3> community of Stacy once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stacy and extending to:

  • Cadiz, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Stacy to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,001 miles [9,657.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Stacy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Stacy 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>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 Stacy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Stacy 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 Stacy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3273, Longitude: -81.0554       In this case, the coordinates for Stacy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.247 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.336 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.944 degrees.