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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 Truetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Truetown 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 Truetown:
- 39.449155, -82.108512
- 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 Truetown
- 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 Athens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Since Truetown is near Morgan County and also Hocking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Truetown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Truetown ...
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.
- Bishopville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishopville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Candy Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Federal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Federal is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
- Goose Run ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goose Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Run
- Greens Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Monday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monday is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
- Redtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Redtown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Creek is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Trimble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Truetown 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 Truetown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Truetown and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Athens County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Truetown to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 274 miles [441 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,678 miles [7,528.5 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 '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- Truetown) 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 Truetown 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 Truetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4492, Longitude: -82.1085 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.929 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.981 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.716 degrees. |
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