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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 Warsaw Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warsaw Junction 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 Warsaw Junction:
    • 40.328958, -82.012085
    • 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 Warsaw Junction
  • 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 Coshocton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coshocton County
    • Since Warsaw Junction is near Holmes County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Warsaw Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Warsaw Junction ...

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.

  • Bluff ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bluff is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
  • Layland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Layland is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
  • Mohawk Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
  • Nellie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nellie is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Owls Town ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
  • Pleasantville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantville is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Spring Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
  • Tunnel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
  • Willowbrook ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook

How Far From Warsaw Junction 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 Warsaw Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Warsaw Junction and extending to:

  • Coshocton, which is the Seat of Coshocton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Warsaw Junction to Columbus, with an average speed<2> 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Warsaw Junction) 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 Warsaw Junction 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 Warsaw Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3290, Longitude: -82.0121       In this case, the coordinates for Warsaw Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.843 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.014 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.379 degrees.