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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 Hepburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hepburn 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 Hepburn:
- 40.621444, -83.469647
- 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 Hepburn
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Hepburn is near Marion County and also Wyandot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandot 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 Hepburn
Communities Also Named Hepburn ...
We found four communities that are also named Hepburn.
Within Ohio, the name Hepburn is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Posey County
- This Hepburn is located in Posey County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hepburn that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Hepburn.
- Iowa
- Page County
- This Hepburn is located in Page County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west of the Hepburn that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Hepburn.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Hepburn [Lycoming County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Hepburn lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hepburn that is located in Hardin County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hepburn ...
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.
- Big Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Carpenters Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carpenters Corners is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corners
- Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Grassy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Point is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Point
- Harpster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Longville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Meeker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Meeker is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Mount Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Hepburn 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 Hepburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hepburn and extending to:
- Kenton, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Hepburn to Columbus, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hepburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hepburn 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hepburn 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 Hepburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6214, Longitude: -83.4696 In this case, the coordinates for Hepburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.092 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.954 degrees. |
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