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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Fort Industry.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Industry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Industry 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 Fort Industry:
- 41.715566, -83.701823<1>
- 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 Fort Industry
- 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 Fort Industry is near Monroe County and also Lenawee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fort Industry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Industry ...
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.
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ferndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ferndale is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Freemans Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freemans Gardens is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Gardens
- Haven Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haven Park is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
- Holland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Richards ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richards was located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Sandburr Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandburr Corners is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandburr Corners
- Silica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silica is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Vulcan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan is also located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Fort Industry 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 included the distance from a community such as Fort Industry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Fort Industry once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Fort Industry and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Industry to Toledo, with an average speed<5> 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 125 miles [201.2 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,042 miles [9,723.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Fort Industry:
Decimal: 41.71556, -83.701823
DDMMSS: 41° 42' 56", -83° 42' 6" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Fort Industry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Industry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fort Industry 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 Fort Industry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7156, Longitude: -83.7018 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.87 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.388 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.703 degrees. |
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