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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 Dodo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dodo 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 Dodo:
- 39.983459, -83.992456
- 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 Dodo
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Dodo is near Miami County and also Champaign County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign 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 Dodo
Communities Also Named Dodo ...
We found one communities that are also named Dodo.
Within Ohio, the name Dodo is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Dodo in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Laurens 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 Georgia community of Dodo [Laurens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dodo ...
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.
- Brown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Christiansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Durbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Eagle City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Green Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Haven View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haven View is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven View
- Holiday Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Limestone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mad River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Rock Way
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Way is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Way
- Sodom ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Upper Fox Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Fox Hollow is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fox Hollow
- Willowick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willowick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowick
- Windy Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Corner is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Corner
How Far From Dodo 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 Dodo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dodo and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dodo to Springfield, with an average speed<4> 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Dodo 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dodo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dodo 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 Dodo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9835, Longitude: -83.9925 In this case, the coordinates for Dodo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.39 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.399 degrees. |
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