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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 White Oak Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Oak Valley 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 White Oak Valley:
- 38.919517, -83.926959
- 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 White Oak Valley
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since White Oak Valley is near Clermont County and also Highland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highland 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 White Oak Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Oak Valley ...
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.
- Centerpoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centerpoint is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
- Clover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clover is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Locust Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Neals Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neals Corner is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- New Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Harmony is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Yankeetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yankeetown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
How Far From White Oak Valley 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 White Oak Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Oak Valley and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from White Oak Valley to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,777 miles [7,687.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Oak Valley) 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 White Oak Valley 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 White Oak Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9195, Longitude: -83.9270 In this case, the coordinates for White Oak Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.201 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.695 degrees. |
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