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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 Digby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Digby 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 Digby:
- 41.294496, -83.709102
- 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 Digby
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Digby is near Henry County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Digby
Communities Also Named Digby ...
We found two communities that are also named Digby.
Within Ohio, the name Digby is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Digby [Saline County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Digby lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Digby that is located in Wood County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Digby ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Christy is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Ducat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ducat is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat
- Jerry City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Meadowvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowvale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Milton Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Oil Center ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Quail Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quail Hollow is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rudolph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Wintergarden Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Digby to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Digby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Digby and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Digby to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Digby 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Digby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Digby 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 Digby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2945, Longitude: -83.7091 In this case, the coordinates for Digby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.887 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.345 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.846 degrees. |
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