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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 Houcktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Houcktown 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 Houcktown:
- 40.935332, -83.594097
- 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 Houcktown
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Houcktown is near Wyandot County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Houcktown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Houcktown ...
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.
- Beagle ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beagle is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Chase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chase is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Lewisville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Martinstown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Pratts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
How Far From Houcktown 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 Houcktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Houcktown and extending to:
- Findlay, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Houcktown 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 374 miles [601.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 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 '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- Houcktown) 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 Houcktown 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 Houcktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9353, Longitude: -83.5941 In this case, the coordinates for Houcktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.824 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.22 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.91 degrees. |
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