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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 Stoutsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoutsville 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 Stoutsville:
    • 39.604978, -82.823357
    • 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 Stoutsville
  • 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Since Stoutsville is near Pickaway County and also Hocking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking 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 Stoutsville

Communities Also Named Stoutsville ...

We found one communities that are also named Stoutsville.

Within Ohio, the name Stoutsville is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Stoutsville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Monroe County
      • This Stoutsville is located in Monroe County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the west of the Stoutsville that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Stoutsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoutsville ...

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.

  • Amanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Circleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hooven ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hooven is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooven
  • Huntsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
  • Nebraska ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
  • Spunkeytown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Spunkeytown is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spunkeytown
  • Stringtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Walnut
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Walnut is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

How Far From Stoutsville to ...

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stoutsville to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,702 miles [7,567.1 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 from Point A (ie- Stoutsville) 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 Stoutsville 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 Stoutsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6050, Longitude: -82.8234       In this case, the coordinates for Stoutsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.369 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.506 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.986 degrees.