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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 Swartz Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swartz Mill 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 Swartz Mill:
- 39.632288, -82.494046
- 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 Swartz Mill
- 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 Swartz Mill is near Hocking County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Swartz Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swartz Mill ...
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.
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Geneva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hideaway Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hideaway Hills is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Horns Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horns Mill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Mill
- Joe ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rockbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Swartz Mill 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 Swartz Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swartz Mill and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Swartz Mill to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swartz Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Swartz Mill 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 Swartz Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6323, Longitude: -82.4940 In this case, the coordinates for Swartz Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.829 degrees. |
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