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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 Swanton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Swanton and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Swanton:
    • 41.582830, -83.854386
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East Swanton
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named East Swanton ...

We found two communities that share the name East Swanton.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named East Swanton.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named East Swanton in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Fulton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of East Swanton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of East Swanton [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Swanton ...

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.

  • Assumption
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
    • Assumption is located in Fulton County
  • Business Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Business Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corner
    • Business Corner is located in Lucas County
  • Delta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,085 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
  • Delta Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Heights
    • Delta Heights is located in Fulton County
  • Dutch Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Ridge
    • Dutch Ridge is located in Fulton County
  • Haven Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haven Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
    • Haven Park is located in Lucas County
  • Holland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Lucas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland <4>
  • Homewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Homewood is located in Lucas County
  • Hulls Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hulls Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossing
    • Hulls Crossing is located in Wood County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Leslie ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
      • Leslie is located in Fulton County
    • Peaceful Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peaceful Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
      • Peaceful Valley is located in Fulton County
    • Raker Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raker Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raker Corners
      • Raker Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Sandburr Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandburr Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandburr Corners
      • Sandburr Corners is located in Lucas County
    • Silica
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silica have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Silica is located in Lucas County
    • Spring Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Lucas County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in East Swanton and extending to:

  • Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Swanton to Toledo, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Swanton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lucas County: www.co.lucas.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Swanton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 East Swanton 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Swanton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Swanton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5828, Longitude: -83.8544       In this case, the coordinates for East Swanton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Swanton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.972 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.484 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.82 degrees.









 

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