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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 Dawn Ree Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawn Ree Acres 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 Dawn Ree Acres:
    • 40.121461, -80.655633
    • 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 Dawn Ree Acres
  • 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 Ohio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
    • Since Dawn Ree Acres is near Belmont County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Dawn Ree Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawn Ree Acres ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Betty Zane is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty Zane
  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearview is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
  • Echo Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo Point is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Point
  • Eden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eden is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Florence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Florence is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Glenns Run ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Glenns Run is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Run
  • Greggsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greggsville is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggsville
  • Martins Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Short Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Short Creek is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
  • Terminal Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Terminal Junction is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal Junction
  • Valley Camp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley Camp is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Camp
  • Vineyard Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vineyard Hills is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Hills
  • Warwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Warwood is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwood
  • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Springs is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

How Far From Dawn Ree Acres 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 Dawn Ree Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dawn Ree Acres and extending to:

  • Wheeling, which is the Seat of Ohio County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dawn Ree Acres to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,994 miles [9,646.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,588 miles [7,383.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dawn Ree Acres) 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 Dawn Ree Acres 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 Dawn Ree Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1215, Longitude: -80.6556       In this case, the coordinates for Dawn Ree Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.009 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.034 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.836 degrees.