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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 Wellston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellston 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 Wellston:
- 39.120363, -82.533133
- 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 Wellston
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Wellston is near Vinton County and also Gallia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia 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 Wellston
Communities Also Named Wellston ...
We found four communities that are also named Wellston.
Within Ohio, the name Wellston is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Houston 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 Georgia community of Wellston [Houston County].
- Michigan
- Manistee County
- This Wellston is located in Manistee County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Wellston that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Wellston.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Wellston is located in Saint Louis County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the west of the Wellston that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Wellston.
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- This Wellston is located in Lincoln County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wellston that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wellston.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellston ...
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.
- Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Comet
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Comet is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Englishville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Englishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englishville
- Glen Roy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jonestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Maple Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Puritan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Puritan is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Roads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roads is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads
- Tom Corwin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tom Corwin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Corwin
How Far From Wellston 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 city such as Wellston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellston and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Wellston to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wellston 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wellston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wellston 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 Wellston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1204, Longitude: -82.5331 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.199 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.24 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.011 degrees. |
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