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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 Valley Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Crossing 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 Valley Crossing:
    • 39.890107, -82.958355
    • 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 Valley Crossing
  • 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 Valley Crossing ...

We found two communities that share the name Valley Crossing.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Valley Crossing.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Valley Crossing in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Stark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Valley Crossing [Stark County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Valley Crossing is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,144 miles [3,450.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Valley Crossing that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Valley Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Crossing ...

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.

  • Big Walnut ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Edgewater Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Edward ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
    • Edward is located in Franklin County
    • Edward has also been known as:
    • Edwards Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Edward
    • From Valley Crossing to Edward
  • Grove City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <4>
  • Groveport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveport
    • Groveport is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groveport <4>
  • Hibernia ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hibernia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
    • Hibernia is located in Franklin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hibernia
    • From Valley Crossing to Hibernia
  • Roseland ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shadeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadeville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
    • Shadeville is located in Franklin County
  • Sharp ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharp. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Sharp is located in Franklin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sharp
    • From Valley Crossing to Sharp

How Far From Valley Crossing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Valley Crossing 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<6> community of Valley Crossing once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Crossing and extending to:

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Crossing to White House, with an average speed<7>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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.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 Valley Crossing 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8901, Longitude: -82.9584       In this case, the coordinates for Valley Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Valley Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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.
<8>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 Valley Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.447 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.637 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.955 degrees.




 

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