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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 Hanley Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanley Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hanley Village:
    • 40.695891, -82.541558
    • 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 Hanley Village
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Hanley Village is near Morrow County and also Ashland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland 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 Hanley Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanley Village ...

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.

  • Jugs Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jugs Corners is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugs Corners
  • Kings Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Corners is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corners
  • Lincoln Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Little Washington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Little Washington is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
  • Lucas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Maybee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Maybee is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
  • Roseland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Roseland is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Spring Grove ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Spring Grove is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Steam Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
  • Sunnyview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyview is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hanley Village and extending to:

  • Mansfield, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Hanley Village to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,645 miles [7,475.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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>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 from Point A (ie- Hanley Village) 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 Hanley Village 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 Hanley Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6959, Longitude: -82.5416       In this case, the coordinates for Hanley Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.164 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.433 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.498 degrees.