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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 Rowtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowtown 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 Rowtown:
- 40.758119, -80.469511
- 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 Rowtown
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Rowtown is near Columbiana County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Rowtown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowtown ...
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.
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Blackhawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Dry Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Homewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Industry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jimtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Josephtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Josephtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
- Marion Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Merrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Middle Beaver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Middle Beaver is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beaver
- New Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Possum Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shippingport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shippingport is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippingport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Sprucevale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sprucevale is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucevale
- Union Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Rowtown 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 Rowtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rowtown and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rowtown to Beaver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Rowtown) 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 Rowtown 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 Rowtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7581, Longitude: -80.4695 In this case, the coordinates for Rowtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.864 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.966 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.524 degrees. |
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