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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 Busy Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Busy Corners 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 Busy Corners:
- 41.424774, -83.299925
- 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 Busy Corners
- 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 Sandusky County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky County
- Since Busy Corners is near Ottawa County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Busy Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Busy Corners ...
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.
- Ballville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Booktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Booktown is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booktown
- Forest Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fourmile House Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Graytown is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Havens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Havens is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingsway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Limestone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Luckey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rollersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Stony Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Winters Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winters Station is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Station
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Busy Corners 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 Busy Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Busy Corners and extending to:
- Fremont, which is the Seat of Sandusky County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Busy Corners to Fremont, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Busy Corners) 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 Busy Corners 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 Busy Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4248, Longitude: -83.2999 In this case, the coordinates for Busy Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.621 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.609 degrees. |
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