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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 Sulphur Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Sulphur Springs and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for White Sulphur Springs
  • 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 Sulphur Springs:
    • 40.196130, -83.145073
    • 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 Sulphur Springs
  • 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Since White Sulphur Springs is near Union County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Sulphur Springs

Communities Also Named White Sulphur Springs ...

We found nine communities that are also named White Sulphur Springs.

Within Ohio, the name White Sulphur Springs is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Hall County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the south of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of White Sulphur Springs.
      • Meriwether County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meriwether County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km] to the south of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Indiana
      • Pike County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Pike County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Louisiana
      • Catahoula Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of White Sulphur Springs [Catahoula Parish].
      • La Salle Parish
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in La Salle Parish and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meagher County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Sullivan County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • North Carolina
      • Surry 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 North Carolina community of White Sulphur Springs [Surry County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of White Sulphur Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Sulphur Springs ...

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.

How Far From White Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs 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<4> community of White Sulphur Springs once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in White Sulphur Springs and extending to:

  • Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from White Sulphur Springs to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- White Sulphur Springs) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 White Sulphur Springs 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>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 White Sulphur Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1961, Longitude: -83.1451    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.558 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.808 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.942 degrees.