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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 Fostoria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fostoria 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 Fostoria:
- 43.241883, -95.154062
- 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 Fostoria
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Fostoria is near Dickinson County and also O'Brien County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for O'Brien 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 Fostoria
Communities Also Named Fostoria ...
We found seven communities that are also named Fostoria.
Within Iowa, the name Fostoria is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lowndes County
- This Fostoria is located in Lowndes County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Fostoria.
- Kansas
- Pottawatomie County
- This Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Fostoria.
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- This Fostoria is located in Tuscola County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Fostoria.
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Fostoria is located in Seneca County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the east of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Fostoria.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This Fostoria is located in Blair County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Fostoria.
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- This Fostoria is located in Montgomery County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the south of the Fostoria that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fostoria.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fostoria [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fostoria ...
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.
- Dickens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- May City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Orleans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spirit Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Superior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Fostoria 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 city such as Fostoria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fostoria and extending to:
- Spencer, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the South.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Fostoria to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>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 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Fostoria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fostoria 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fostoria 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 Fostoria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2419, Longitude: -95.1541 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.608 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.431 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.089 degrees. |
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