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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 Yorkville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yorkville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Yorkville:
    • 40.153272, -80.707791
    • 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 Yorkville
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Yorkville is near Ohio County and also Belmont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont 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 Yorkville

Communities Also Named Yorkville ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Yorkville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Yorkville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Belmont County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Yorkville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Yorkville is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Yorkville.
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • This Yorkville is located in Fremont County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<1> to the west of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Yorkville.
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Yorkville is located in Paulding County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Yorkville.
    • Illinois
      • Kendall County
      • This Yorkville is located in Kendall County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kendall County community of Yorkville.
    • Indiana
      • Dearborn County
      • This Yorkville is located in Dearborn County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Yorkville.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Yorkville.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This Yorkville is located in New York County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the east of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Yorkville.
      • Oneida County
      • This Yorkville is located in Oneida County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the northeast of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Yorkville.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • South Carolina
      • York 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 Yorkville [York County].
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Yorkville is located in Gibson County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Yorkville.
    • Virginia
      • York County
      • This Yorkville is located in York County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Yorkville.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne 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 West Virginia community of Yorkville [Wayne County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Yorkville is located in Racine County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorkville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Yorkville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorkville ...

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.

  • Betty Zane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Betty Zane is located in Ohio County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty Zane
  • Clearview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clearview is located in Ohio County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
  • Florence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Florence is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Glen Robbins
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Glen Robbins is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Robbins
  • Glen Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Run is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Run
  • Glenns Run ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glenns Run is located in Ohio County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Run
  • Martins Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Short Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Short Creek is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
  • Terminal Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Terminal Junction is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal Junction
  • Warwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Warwood is located in Ohio County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwood
  • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Willow Springs is located in Ohio County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

How Far From Yorkville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Yorkville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorkville and extending to:

  • Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yorkville to Steubenville, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,995 miles [9,648 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yorkville) 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 Yorkville 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 Yorkville 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 Yorkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1533, Longitude: -80.7078       In this case, the coordinates for Yorkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.039 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.074 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.848 degrees.