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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 Vanatta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanatta 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 Vanatta:
- 40.125832, -82.429429
- 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 Vanatta
- 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 Licking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Since Vanatta is near Knox County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Vanatta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanatta ...
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.
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fleatown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fleatown is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleatown
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lloyd Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lloyd Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Corners
- Locust Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reform
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Sandstone Canyon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Canyon
- Swans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swans is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans
- Union Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Vanatta 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 Vanatta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vanatta and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Licking County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Vanatta to Columbus, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Vanatta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Vanatta 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 Vanatta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1258, Longitude: -82.4294 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.11 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.637 degrees. |
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