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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 New Manchester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Manchester 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 New Manchester:
- 40.532548, -80.580629
- 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 New Manchester
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since New Manchester is near Jefferson County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 New Manchester
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Manchester ...
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.
- Blackhorse ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blackhorse is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Congo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Congo is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jethro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jethro is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro
- Kings Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Lennyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lennyville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
- Moscow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pleasant Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Heights is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
- Shady Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sun Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sun Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Turkeyfoot ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turkeyfoot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
- Vulcan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Yellow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
How Far From New Manchester 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 New Manchester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Manchester and extending to:
- New Cumberland, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from New Manchester 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 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 from Point A (ie- New Manchester) 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 New Manchester 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 New Manchester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5325, Longitude: -80.5806 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.944 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.023 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.656 degrees. |
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