Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Trotwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trotwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Trotwood
- 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 Trotwood:
- 39.797331, -84.311450
- 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 Trotwood
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Trotwood is near Miami County and also Preble County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Miami County
- eBird sighting report for Preble 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
Communities Also Named Trotwood ...
We found one communities that share the name Trotwood.
Within Ohio, the name Trotwood is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Trotwood in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trotwood ...
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.
- Airhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Crown Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Crown Point is located in Montgomery County
- Deerpark Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerpark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Happy Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corners
- Happy Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Hays Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Corner
- Hays Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Kingsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Montgomery County
- Pinchtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Post Town
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Residence Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Residence Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Residence Park
- Residence Park is located in Montgomery County
- Six Mile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Sixmile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Stillwater Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Junction
- Stillwater Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Stringtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Montgomery County
How Far From Trotwood 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 city such as Trotwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Trotwood and extending to:
- Dayton, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Trotwood 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 three full days. 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 393 miles [632.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,757 miles [7,655.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Trotwood: www.trotwood.org/
The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Trotwood 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trotwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trotwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7973, Longitude: -84.3114 |
| <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 Trotwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.596 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.603 degrees. |