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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 Glenburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenburg 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 Glenburg:
- 41.425051, -84.459116
- 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 Glenburg
- 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 Defiance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Defiance County
- Since Glenburg is near Williams County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Glenburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenburg ...
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.
- Bryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Domerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Domerville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domerville
- Evansport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Farmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Farmer is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Freedom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Lock Port
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lock Port is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Port
- Maplecrest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maplecrest is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecrest
- Moats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moats is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moats
- Willow Glenn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Glenn is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glenn
How Far From Glenburg 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 Glenburg 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<2> community of Glenburg once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Glenburg and extending to:
- Defiance, which is the Seat of Defiance County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glenburg to Defiance, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Glenburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Glenburg 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 Glenburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4251, Longitude: -84.4591 In this case, the coordinates for Glenburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.366 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.909 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.161 degrees. |
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