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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 Ducat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ducat 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 Ducat:
- 41.283108, -83.669934
- 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 Ducat
- 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 Ducat is near Hancock County and also Lucas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas 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 Ducat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ducat ...
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 north)
- Christy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christy is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy
- Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Jerry City
(4 miles [6.4 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 north)
- Meadowvale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Oil Center ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Quail Hollow is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rudolph
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Wintergarden Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Ducat 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 Ducat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ducat and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the North.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Ducat to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 387 miles [622.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ducat) 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 Ducat 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 Ducat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2831, Longitude: -83.6699 In this case, the coordinates for Ducat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.863 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.315 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.831 degrees. |
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