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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 Lions Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lions 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 Lions Park:
- 41.446389, -82.746667
- 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 Lions 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Lions Park is near Ottawa County and also Sandusky County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky 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 Lions Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lions 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.
- Bogart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Cedar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Crystal Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crystal Rock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Rock
- Gypsum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marblehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ranch Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ranch Wood is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Wood
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Springbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springbrook is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Violet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Lions 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 Lions Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lions Park and extending to:
- Sandusky, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the East.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lions Park 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,018 miles [9,685 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lions Park) 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 Lions 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 Lions Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4464, Longitude: -82.7467 In this case, the coordinates for Lions Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.267 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.663 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.339 degrees. |
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