Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ovia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ovia and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Ovia

• 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 Ovia:
  • 40.855003, -93.317711
  • 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 Ovia

• 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since Ovia is near Lucas County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Ovia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ovia ...

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.

• Bethelhem
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bethelhem is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelhem
• Confidence
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Confidence is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
• Derby
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Derby is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
• Garden Grove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Garden Grove is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
• Harvard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Harvard is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
• High Point
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • High Point is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
• Hodge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hodge is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Last Chance
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Last Chance is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
• Le Roy
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Le Roy is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
• Lucas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lucas is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
• Promise City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Promise City is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
• Zero
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Zero is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero

How Far From Ovia 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 Ovia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ovia and extending to:

• Corydon, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the South.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ovia to Des Moines, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'