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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 Hanville Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanville Corners 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 Hanville Corners:
    • 41.119221, -82.612398
    • 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 Hanville Corners
  • 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 Huron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huron County
    • Since Hanville Corners is near Richland County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Hanville Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanville Corners ...

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.

  • Celeryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Celeryville is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
  • Delphi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Delphi is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
  • Greenwich
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartland is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Hartland Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartland Station is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
  • Havana
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Havana is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
  • Peru
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Plymouth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
  • Standardsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Standardsburg is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardsburg

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

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

  • Norwalk, which is the Seat of Huron County, lies just to the North.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hanville Corners 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hanville Corners) 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 Hanville Corners 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 Hanville Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1192, Longitude: -82.6124       In this case, the coordinates for Hanville Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.194 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.531 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.388 degrees.