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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 Landeck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landeck 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 Landeck:
- 40.801111, -84.387815
- 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 Landeck
- 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 Allen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
- Since Landeck is near Van Wert County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Wert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Landeck
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landeck ...
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.
- Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Cloverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dull is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
- Elmview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmview is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmview
- Grover Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Jones City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Middle Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montana ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Montana is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Needmore ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Neptune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Rushmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
How Far From Landeck 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 Landeck to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Landeck and extending to:
- Lima, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Landeck to Lima, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Landeck) 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 Landeck 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 Landeck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8011, Longitude: -84.3878 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.334 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.326 degrees. |
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