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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 Halo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halo 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 Halo:
    • 41.043945, -81.554563
    • 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 Halo
  • 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Since Halo is near Medina County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Halo

Communities Also Named Halo ...

We found three communities that are also named Halo.

Within Ohio, the name Halo is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Halo [Washington County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • This Halo is located in Floyd County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Halo that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Halo.
    • West Virginia
      • Webster County
      • This Halo is located in Webster County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Halo that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Halo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halo ...

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.

  • Cascade ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cascade is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cottage Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Derby Downs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Derby Downs is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Downs
  • Firestone Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Firestone Park is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
  • Goodyear Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodyear Heights is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Heights
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lawndale is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Maple Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Valley is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
  • Portage Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes

How Far From Halo 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 Halo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halo and extending to:

  • Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Halo to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Halo 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Halo) 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 Halo 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 Halo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0439, Longitude: -81.5546       In this case, the coordinates for Halo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.529 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.764 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.921 degrees.