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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 East Linden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Linden 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 East Linden:
- 40.016731, -82.949903
- 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 Linden
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since East Linden is near Delaware County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking 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 Linden
Communities Also Named East Linden ...
We found one communities that are also named East Linden.
Within Ohio, the name East Linden is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named East Linden in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nova Scotia
- This East Linden lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the East Linden that is located in Franklin County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Linden ...
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.
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highway ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
- Minerva Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Roseland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roseland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Seagrove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
- Seagrove has also been known as:
- Seagrave
- Wildwood Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
How Far From East Linden to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Linden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Linden and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from East Linden to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,690 miles [7,547.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Linden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 East Linden 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 East Linden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0167, Longitude: -82.9499 In this case, the coordinates for East Linden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.439 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.646 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.91 degrees. |
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