Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Crestline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Crestline and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Crestline

• 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 East Crestline:
  • 40.787002, -82.717956
  • 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 East Crestline

• 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
  • Since East Crestline is near Crawford County and also Morrow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow 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 East Crestline

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Crestline ...

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.

• Blooming Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
• Crestline
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Crestline is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,406 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crestline <1>
• Five Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Five Corners is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Leesville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Leesville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
• Maybee
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Maybee is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
• Riblet ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Riblet is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riblet
• Spring Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Spring Mill is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
• Spring Valley Court
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Valley Court is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Court
• Steam Corners
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners

How Far From East Crestline 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 East Crestline to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Crestline and extending to:

• Mansfield, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from East Crestline to Mansfield, 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 57 miles [91.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 328 miles [527.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'