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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 Glenwood Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenwood Addition 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 Glenwood Addition:
- 41.565607, -83.587990
- 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 Glenwood Addition
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Glenwood Addition is near Lucas County and also Ottawa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa 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 Glenwood Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenwood Addition ...
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.
- Frances Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
- Grassy Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Hobart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hobart is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Holiday Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holiday Park is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Indian Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Meadows is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Island View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Island View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kettle Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kettle Run is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Run
- Lime City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Parliament Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parliament Place is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Place
- Pheasant Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Ranch Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
- Valley Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
How Far From Glenwood Addition 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 Glenwood Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Glenwood Addition and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glenwood Addition to Bowling Green, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 114 miles [183.5 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 391 miles [629.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenwood Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Glenwood Addition 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 Glenwood Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5656, Longitude: -83.5880 In this case, the coordinates for Glenwood Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.802 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.699 degrees. |
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