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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 Urbancrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Urbancrest 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 Urbancrest:
- 39.901591, -83.086305
- 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 Urbancrest
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Urbancrest is near Pickaway County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Urbancrest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Urbancrest ...
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.
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edward ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Georgesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Georgesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgesville
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Marble Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Seagrove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
- Seagrove has also been known as:
- Seagrave
- Shadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
How Far From Urbancrest 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 village such as Urbancrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Urbancrest and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Urbancrest to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Urbancrest) 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 Urbancrest 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 Urbancrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9016, Longitude: -83.0863 In this case, the coordinates for Urbancrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.527 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.01 degrees. |
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