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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 Big Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Prairie and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Big Prairie:
    • 40.667282, -82.095152
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Big Prairie
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Big Prairie ...

We found three communities that share the name Big Prairie.

There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Big Prairie.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Big Prairie in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Clinton County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Clinton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Big Prairie.
    • Wayne 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 Ohio community of Big Prairie [Wayne County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo County
      • This Big Prairie is located in Newaygo County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Big Prairie that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newaygo County community of Big Prairie.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Prairie ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Wayne County
  • Funk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
    • Funk is located in Wayne County
  • Hard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard
    • Hard is located in Holmes County
  • Lake Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
    • Lake Fork is located in Ashland County
  • Lakeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Lakeville is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeville <5>
  • Miley Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
    • Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
  • Mohicanville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohicanville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohicanville
    • Mohicanville is located in Ashland County
  • Paint Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
    • Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
  • Stringtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Stringtown is located in Wayne County

How Far From Big Prairie to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Big Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Prairie and extending to:

  • Millersburg, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Big Prairie to Millersburg, with an average speed<6> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,627 miles [7,446.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Holmes County: www.holmescounty.com/gov/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Big Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Big Prairie 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>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- Big Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6673, Longitude: -82.0952       In this case, the coordinates for Big Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Big Prairie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.884 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.111 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.302 degrees.




 

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