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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 Hessville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hessville 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 Hessville:
- 41.401718, -83.244368
- 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 Hessville
- 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 Sandusky County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky County
- Since Hessville is near Ottawa County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 Hessville
Communities Also Named Hessville ...
We found three communities that are also named Hessville.
Within Ohio, the name Hessville is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Lake County
- This Hessville is located in Lake County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west of the Hessville that is located in Sandusky County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hessville.
- Kansas
- Sumner 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 Kansas community of Hessville [Sumner County].
- New York
- Montgomery County
- This Hessville is located in Montgomery County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hessville that is located in Sandusky County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hessville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hessville ...
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.
- Ballville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Booktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Booktown is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booktown
- Busy Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Busy Corners is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corners
- Fourmile House Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Havens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Havens is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Helena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Rollersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Stony Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Winters Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winters Station is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Station
How Far From Hessville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hessville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hessville and extending to:
- Fremont, which is the Seat of Sandusky County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hessville to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,645 miles [7,475.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hessville) 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 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 Hessville 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 Hessville 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 Hessville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4017, Longitude: -83.2444 In this case, the coordinates for Hessville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.019 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.59 degrees. |
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