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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 Ironville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ironville 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 Ironville:
- 41.678526, -83.475209
- 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 Ironville
- 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 Lucas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Since Ironville is near Wood County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Ironville
Communities Also Named Ironville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Ironville.
Within Ohio, the name Ironville is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry County
- This Ironville is located in Perry County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Ironville.
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- This Ironville is located in Boyd County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Ironville.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Ironville is located in Essex County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Ironville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Ironville lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This Ironville is located in Blair County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Ironville.
- Lancaster County
- This Ironville is located in Lancaster County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km] to the east southeast of the Ironville that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Ironville.
- Tennessee
- Johnson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ironville [Johnson County].
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ironville [Bedford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ironville ...
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.
- Bieber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bieber is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Booth is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Boulevard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boulevard is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard
- Cedar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
- Crosswoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crosswoods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
- Harbor View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Mound View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mound View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
- Moundview Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moundview Park is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
- Oregon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Ironville 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 Ironville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ironville and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Ironville to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,643 miles [7,472.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Ironville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ironville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Ironville 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ironville 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 Ironville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6785, Longitude: -83.4752 In this case, the coordinates for Ironville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.725 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.218 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.607 degrees. |
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