Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sweetwine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweetwine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sweetwine
- 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 Sweetwine:
- 39.049784, -84.394106
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sweetwine
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Sweetwine is near Campbell County and also Clermont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- eBird sighting report for Clermont 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweetwine ...
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.
- California
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- California is located in Hamilton County
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,628 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Spring <2>
- Eightmile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Forestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Hamilton County
- Fruit Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruit Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County
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(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Johns Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
- Johns Hill is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Melbourne
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbourne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Melbourne is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melbourne <2>
- Mount Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Summit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
- Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
- Pool's Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pool's Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool's Creek
- Pool's Creek is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Silver Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Grove
- Silver Grove is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Grove <2>
- Watch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watch Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
- Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County
How Far From Sweetwine 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 Sweetwine 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<4> community of Sweetwine once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Sweetwine and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<5> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Sweetwine to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Sweetwine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Sweetwine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweetwine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0498, Longitude: -84.3941 In this case, the coordinates for Sweetwine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sweetwine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.358 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.553 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.866 degrees. |