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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 Skull Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skull Run 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 Skull Run:
- 39.009872, -81.759523
- 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 Skull Run
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Skull Run is near Meigs County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Skull Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skull Run ...
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.
- Bald Knobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bald Knobs is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knobs
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Great Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Great Bend is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Hills Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Crossing is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossing
- Lone Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Long Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Polk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pond Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pond Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Ravenswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood Ferry is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Ferry
- Shade River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shade River is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade River
- Spiller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Skull Run 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 Skull Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skull Run and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Skull Run to Ripley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 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- Skull Run) 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 Skull Run 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 Skull Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0099, Longitude: -81.7595 In this case, the coordinates for Skull Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.725 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.683 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.705 degrees. |
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