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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 Brailey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brailey 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 Brailey:
- 41.555330, -83.922166
- 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 Brailey
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Brailey is near Lucas County and also Holmes 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 Holmes 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 Brailey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brailey ...
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.
- Assumption
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Business Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Business Corner is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corner
- Cloverleaf ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverleaf is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Damascus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Damascus is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Delta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Delta Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Delta Heights is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Heights
- Dutch Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dutch Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Ridge
- Grand Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Homewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Homewood is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Liberty Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Raker Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raker Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raker Corners
- Ratsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ratsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratsville
- Sandburr Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sandburr Corners is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandburr Corners
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Brailey 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 Brailey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brailey and extending to:
- Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Brailey to Wauseon, with an average speed<3> 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 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brailey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brailey 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 Brailey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5553, Longitude: -83.9222 In this case, the coordinates for Brailey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.017 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.862 degrees. |
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