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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 Lloyd Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lloyd Corners 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 Lloyd Corners:
- 40.013954, -82.403208
- 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 Lloyd Corners
- 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 Lloyd Corners 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 Lloyd Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lloyd Corners ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amsterdam is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Edgewater Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fleatown is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleatown
- Harbor Hills
(5 miles [8 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)
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Sandstone Canyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Canyon
- Swans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swans is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans
- Union Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Lloyd Corners 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 Lloyd Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lloyd Corners and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Licking County, lies just to the North.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Lloyd Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 296 miles [476.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lloyd Corners) 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 Lloyd Corners 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 Lloyd Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0140, Longitude: -82.4032 In this case, the coordinates for Lloyd Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.097 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.256 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.662 degrees. |
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