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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 Luckey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luckey 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 Luckey:
    • 41.452449, -83.483867
    • 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 Luckey
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Luckey is near Sandusky County and also Ottawa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa 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 Luckey

Communities Also Named Luckey ...

We found two communities that are also named Luckey.

Within Ohio, the name Luckey is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Luckey [Walker County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cherokee County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Luckey.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Luckey ...

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.

  • Busy Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Busy Corners is located in Sandusky County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corners
  • Cloverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Crane Creek Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Crane Creek Place is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Creek Place
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Forest Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Hobart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hobart is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Holiday Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Park is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Indian Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Indian Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Lime City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lime City is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
  • Parliament Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Parliament Place is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Place
  • Pheasant Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Rollersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Scotch Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Scotch Ridge is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
    • Stanley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Stanley is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Stony Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Stony Ridge is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
    • Sugar Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
    • Woodside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Woodside is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Luckey 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 village such as Luckey to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Luckey and extending to:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Luckey to Bowling Green, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 383 miles [616.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Luckey 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>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 Luckey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Luckey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Luckey 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 Luckey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4524, Longitude: -83.4839       In this case, the coordinates for Luckey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.738 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.199 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.687 degrees.