Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bennington Springs:
  • 40.387222, -82.831944
  • 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 Bennington Springs

• 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 Morrow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
  • Since Bennington Springs is near Delaware County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Bennington Springs

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennington Springs ...

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.

• Fargo
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fargo is located in Morrow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
• Leonardsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
  • Leonardsburg has also been known as:
  • Eden Station
• Olive Green
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Olive Green is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
• Pagetown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pagetown is located in Morrow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
• Peerless ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Peerless is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
  • Peerless has also been known as:
  • Peerless Station
• Rich Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rich Hill is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
• Stark Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stark Corners is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Corners
• Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
• Vails Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners

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

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

• Mount Gilead, which is the Seat of Morrow County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bennington Springs to Mount Gilead, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'