Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elmira, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elmira and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elmira
- 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 Elmira:
- 41.579218, -84.308283
- 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 Elmira
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Elmira is near Williams County and also Lenawee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Williams County
- eBird sighting report for Lenawee 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Elmira ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Elmira.
Within Ohio, the name Elmira is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- Ontario
- This Elmira lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Elmira that is located in Fulton County.
- Oregon
- Prince Edward Island
- This Elmira lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Elmira that is located in Fulton County.
- South Dakota
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elmira ...
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.
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Evansport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansport
- Evansport is located in Defiance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansport <4>
- Gerald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Hills is located in Williams County
- Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Inlet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Kunkle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Lock Port
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Naomi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Powers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Zone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Elmira 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 Elmira to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elmira and extending to:
- Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Elmira to Columbus, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,072 miles [9,771.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elmira. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fulton County: www.fultoncountyoh.com/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Elmira) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elmira. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5792, Longitude: -84.3083 In this case, the coordinates for Elmira have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Elmira 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Elmira 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 312.265 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.816 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.039 degrees. |