Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Havana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Havana and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Havana
- 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 Havana:
- 41.137277, -82.747126
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Havana
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Huron County
- Since Havana is near Seneca County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Havana ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Havana.
Within Ohio, the name Havana is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Gadsden County
- This Havana is located in Gadsden County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the south of the Havana that is located in Huron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gadsden County community of Havana.
- Hillsborough County
- This Havana is located in Hillsborough County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km] to the south of the Havana that is located in Huron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Havana.
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Kalkaska County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Havana [Kalkaska County].
- Saginaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Havana [Saginaw County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Gentry County
- Although located in Gentry County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gentry County community of Havana.
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Havana ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Frank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Hunts Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Reedtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Relief ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Standardsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standardsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardsburg
- Standardsburg is located in Huron County
- Weavers Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weavers Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
How Far From Havana 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 Havana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Havana and extending to:
- Norwalk, which is the Seat of Huron County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Havana to Norwalk, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,635 miles [7,459.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Havana. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Huron County: www.hccommissioners.com/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Havana) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Havana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1373, Longitude: -82.7471 In this case, the coordinates for Havana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Havana 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Havana to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.279 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.63 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.445 degrees. |