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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 Taylortown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylortown 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 Taylortown:
    • 40.857834, -82.610174
    • 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 Taylortown
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Taylortown is near Crawford County and also Ashland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland 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 Taylortown

Communities Also Named Taylortown ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Taylortown.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Taylortown.

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

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This Taylortown is located in Jefferson County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Taylortown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Taylortown is located in New Castle County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the east of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Taylortown.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio 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 Kentucky community of Taylortown [Ohio County].
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Taylortown is located in Bossier Parish and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Taylortown.
      • Union Parish
      • This Taylortown is located in Union Parish and lies 773 miles [1,244 km] to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Taylortown.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • Although located in Saint Francois County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Taylortown.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Taylortown is located in Morris County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the east of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Taylortown.
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Taylortown is located in Otsego County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Taylortown.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This Taylortown is located in Moore County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Taylortown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Taylortown [Greene County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This Taylortown is located in Dickson County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Taylortown.
      • Franklin County
      • This Taylortown is located in Franklin County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km] to the south southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Taylortown.
      • Humphreys County
      • This Taylortown is located in Humphreys County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Taylortown.
      • Lincoln County
      • This Taylortown is located in Lincoln County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the south southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Taylortown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylortown ...

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.

  • Crestline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Five Corners is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Forest ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Lincoln Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • London
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • London is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
  • Maybee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maybee is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
  • Planktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Planktown is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planktown
  • Riblet ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Riblet is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riblet
  • Roseland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseland is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Spring Grove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Grove is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Spring Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Spring Mill is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
  • Sunnyview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyview is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview

How Far From Taylortown 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 Taylortown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mansfield, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Taylortown to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taylortown) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Taylortown 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Taylortown 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 Taylortown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8578, Longitude: -82.6102       In this case, the coordinates for Taylortown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.202 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.475 degrees.