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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 Idlewild Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idlewild Park 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 Idlewild Park:
- 40.025620, -82.435710
- 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 Idlewild Park
- 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 Licking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Since Idlewild Park is near Perry County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Idlewild Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idlewild Park ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Firemans Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Firemans Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firemans Park
- Fleatown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fleatown is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleatown
- Harbor Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lloyd Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Corners
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Sandstone Canyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Canyon
- Swans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swans is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans
- Union Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Welsh Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Hills
- Welsh Hills has also been known as:
- Welsh Hills Settlement
How Far From Idlewild Park 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 Idlewild Park 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 Idlewild Park once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Idlewild Park and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Licking County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Idlewild Park to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 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 Idlewild Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Idlewild Park) 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 Idlewild Park 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 Idlewild Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0256, Longitude: -82.4357 In this case, the coordinates for Idlewild Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.117 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.673 degrees. |
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