Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Owensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owensville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Owensville
- 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 Owensville:
- 38.101247, -78.575015
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Owensville
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Owensville is near Charlottesville City and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Charlottesville City
- eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Owensville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Owensville.
Within Virginia, the name Owensville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- This Owensville is located in Saline County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Owensville.
- California
- Inyo County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Owensville [Inyo County].
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- This Owensville is located in Gibson County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the west of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Owensville.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Owensville [Anne Arundel County].
- Calvert County
- This Owensville is located in Calvert County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Owensville.
- Missouri
- Clay County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Clay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Owensville.
- Gasconade County
- This Owensville is located in Gasconade County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the west of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Owensville.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Owensville is located in Clermont County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Owensville.
- Scioto County
- This Owensville is located in Scioto County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the west northwest of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Owensville.
- Texas
- Robertson County
- This Owensville is located in Robertson County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Owensville that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Owensville.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Owensville ...
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.
- Barracks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Branchland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branchland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchland
- Branchland is located in Albemarle County
- Chapel Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hills
- Chapel Hills is located in Albemarle County
- Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Fairgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Four Seasons
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Seasons have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons is located in Albemarle County
- Free Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Free Union have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
- Free Union is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Free Union <5>
- Hickory Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Hydraulic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Ivy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Ivy is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivy <5>
- Ivy Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Ivy Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivy Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Meadows
- Ivy Meadows is located in Albemarle County
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ivy Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Ivy Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Ivy Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Liberty Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Little Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Clover Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Clover Hill
- Little Clover Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Mallard Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lake
- Mallard Lake is located in Albemarle County
- Peacock Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacock Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Hill
- Peacock Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Queen Charlotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen Charlotte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Charlotte
- Queen Charlotte is located in Albemarle County
- Skyline Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyline Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Crest
- Skyline Crest is located in Albemarle County
- Squire Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squire Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire Hill
- Squire Hill is located in Albemarle County
- University Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Albemarle County
- Ivy Oaks
How Far From Owensville 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 community such as Owensville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Owensville and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Owensville to Richmond, with an average speed<6>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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,997 miles [9,651.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,579 miles [7,369.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Owensville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Albemarle County: www.albemarle.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Owensville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1012, Longitude: -78.5750 In this case, the coordinates for Owensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Owensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Owensville 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Owensville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.839 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.398 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.652 degrees. |