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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 Hetzlerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hetzlerville 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 Hetzlerville:
- 40.205325, -84.728015
- 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 Hetzlerville
- 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
- Since Hetzlerville is near Randolph County and also Jay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jay 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 Hetzlerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hetzlerville ...
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.
- Bucks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bucks Corner is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
- Dawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Hill Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Grove is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Lightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Mount Heron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Roe Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roe Corners is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Corners
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Sharpeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sharpeye is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpeye
- Union City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
How Far From Hetzlerville 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 Hetzlerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Hetzlerville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hetzlerville and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hetzlerville 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,757 miles [7,655.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hetzlerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hetzlerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hetzlerville 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 Hetzlerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2053, Longitude: -84.7280 In this case, the coordinates for Hetzlerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.56 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.671 degrees. |
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