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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 Cranberry Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cranberry Prairie 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 Cranberry Prairie:
- 40.392547, -84.580511
- 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 Cranberry Prairie
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Cranberry Prairie is near Darke County and also Auglaize County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Auglaize 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 Cranberry Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranberry 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.
- Bass Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bass Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Landing
- Chickasaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Club Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Club Island is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Island
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coldwater Beach is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Beach
- Duckfoot Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duckfoot Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckfoot Landing
- Egypt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lees Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Turtle Neck Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turtle Neck Point is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Neck Point
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cranberry 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 Cranberry Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cranberry Prairie and extending to:
- Celina, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cranberry Prairie to Celina, 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,743 miles [7,633.1 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- Cranberry Prairie) 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 Cranberry Prairie 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 Cranberry Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3925, Longitude: -84.5805 In this case, the coordinates for Cranberry Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.464 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.544 degrees. |
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