Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Boughtonville:
  • 41.052555, -82.611286
  • 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 Boughtonville

• 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 Huron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Huron County
  • Since Boughtonville is near Richland County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Boughtonville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boughtonville ...

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.

• Celeryville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Celeryville is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
• Delphi
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Delphi is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
• Forest ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
• Greenwich
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenwich is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwich <1>
• Hartland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartland is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
• Havana
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Havana is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
• London
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • London is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Peru
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peru is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
• Planktown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Planktown is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planktown
• Plymouth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Plymouth is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
• Relief ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Relief is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boughtonville and extending to:

• Norwalk, which is the Seat of Huron County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Boughtonville to Norwalk, 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.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 330 miles [531.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'