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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 West Chester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Chester 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 West Chester:
- 40.233252, -81.345001
- 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 West Chester
- 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 Tuscarawas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
- Since West Chester is near Harrison County and also Guernsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey 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 West Chester
Communities Also Named West Chester ...
We found seven communities that are also named West Chester.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named West Chester.
Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Butler County
- This West Chester is located in Butler County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Chester that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of West Chester.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Washington County
- This West Chester is located in Washington County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Chester that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of West Chester.
- Michigan
- Ottawa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of West Chester [Ottawa County].
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This West Chester is located in Chester County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the east of the West Chester that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of West Chester.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of West Chester [Chester County].
- Richland County
- This West Chester is located in Richland County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the south of the West Chester that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of West Chester.
- Virginia
- Roanoke City
- This West Chester is located in Roanoke City and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the West Chester that is located in Tuscarawas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of West Chester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Chester ...
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.
- Booth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Cabinet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cabinet is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
- Deersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elm ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elm is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Feed Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lock Seventeen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Loghaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loghaven is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghaven
- Londonderry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oakgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakgrove is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Riverside Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside Park is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rock is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rush
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rush is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yankeetown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yankeetown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
How Far From West Chester 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 West Chester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Chester and extending to:
- New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Chester to New Philadelphia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the west (W). 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 247 miles [397.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,613 miles [7,423.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- West Chester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 West Chester 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 West Chester 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 West Chester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2333, Longitude: -81.3450 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.531 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.108 degrees. |
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