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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 Versailles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Versailles 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 Versailles:
    • 40.222632, -84.484438
    • 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 Versailles
  • 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
    • Since Versailles is near Miami County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Versailles

Communities Also Named Versailles ...

We found ten communities that are also named Versailles.

Within Ohio, the name Versailles is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Versailles is located in New London County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Versailles.
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • This Versailles is located in Brown County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the west of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Versailles.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Versailles is located in Ripley County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Versailles.
    • Kentucky
      • Woodford County
      • This Versailles is located in Woodford County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the south of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Versailles.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • This Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Bernard Parish community of Versailles.
    • Missouri
      • Morgan County
      • This Versailles is located in Morgan County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Versailles.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Versailles is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Versailles.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Versailles is located in Allegheny County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the east of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Versailles.
    • Quebec
      • This Versailles lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Versailles is located in Rutherford County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Versailles that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Versailles.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Versailles ...

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.

How Far From Versailles 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 village such as Versailles to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Versailles and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Versailles to Greenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,142 miles [9,884.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Versailles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Versailles 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 Versailles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2226, Longitude: -84.4844    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.405 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.777 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.552 degrees.