Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lelan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lelan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lelan
- 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 Lelan:
- 39.454782, -84.178547
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lelan
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Lelan is near Butler County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lelan ...
We found one communities that share the name Lelan.
Within Ohio, the name Lelan is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Lelan in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lelan ...
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.
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Flat Iron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Greentree Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
- Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Kings Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mills
- Kings Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mills <3>
- Mary Ellen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mary Ellen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen
- Mary Ellen is located in Warren County
- Red Lion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Senior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Shadow Lake Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village
- Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Lelan 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 Lelan 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<4> community of Lelan once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Lelan and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<5> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lelan to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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 4 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 384 miles [618 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,765 miles [7,668.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lelan 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Lelan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lelan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lelan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4548, Longitude: -84.1785 In this case, the coordinates for Lelan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Lelan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.22 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.455 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.646 degrees. |