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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 Yost, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yost 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 Yost:
- 39.908677, -82.332650
- 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 Yost
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Yost is near Licking County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Yost
Communities Also Named Yost ...
We found four communities that are also named Yost.
Within Ohio, the name Yost is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Knox 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 Illinois community of Yost [Knox County].
- Oklahoma
- Payne County
- This Yost is located in Payne County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Yost that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Yost.
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- This Yost is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Yost that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Yost.
- Virginia
- Bath County
- This Yost is located in Bath County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the southeast of the Yost that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Yost.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yost ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Edgewater Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Firemans Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Firemans Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firemans Park
- Fleatown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fleatown is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleatown
- Glass Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Harbor Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Mount Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Reading is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Reading
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Thornville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ziontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
How Far From Yost 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 community such as Yost to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yost and extending to:
- New Lexington, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yost to New Lexington, 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 35 miles [56.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 291 miles [468.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Yost 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Yost 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 Yost. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9087, Longitude: -82.3327 In this case, the coordinates for Yost have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.056 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.194 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.665 degrees. |
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