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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 Wellan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellan 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 Wellan:
- 39.776457, -82.311817
- 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 Wellan
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Wellan is near Fairfield County and also Muskingum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum 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 Wellan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellan ...
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.
- Clarksville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarksville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Glass Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Junction City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mainsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mainsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainsville
- Mount Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Reading
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Reading is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Reading
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ziontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Wellan 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 Wellan 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<2> community of Wellan once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wellan and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Wellan to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Wellan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wellan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wellan 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 Wellan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7765, Longitude: -82.3118 In this case, the coordinates for Wellan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.164 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.699 degrees. |
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