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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 Toledo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Toledo 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 Toledo:
    • 41.634634, -83.515656
    • 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 Toledo
  • 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 Lucas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
    • Since East Toledo is near Wood County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Toledo

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Toledo ...

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.

  • Air Line Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
  • Bieber
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bieber is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
  • Boulevard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Boulevard is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard
  • Cedar Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Cedar Creek Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
  • Crosswoods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crosswoods is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
  • Frances Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
  • Freemans Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Freemans Gardens is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Gardens
  • Grassy Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
  • Hobart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hobart is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Ironville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Island View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Island View is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Mound View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Mound View is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
    • Moundview Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Moundview Park is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
    • Oregon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ranch Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
    • Stanley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stanley is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Valley Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Hills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Vulcan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Vulcan is located in Lucas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

How Far From East Toledo to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Toledo 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 Toledo and extending to:

  • Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from East Toledo to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 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 from Point A (ie- East Toledo) 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 East Toledo 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 Toledo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6346, Longitude: -83.5157    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.753 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.243 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.641 degrees.