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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 Maplecrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maplecrest 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 Maplecrest:
- 41.558107, -84.570784
- 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 Maplecrest
- 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 Williams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams County
- Since Maplecrest is near Defiance County and also Hillsdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Defiance County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale 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 Maplecrest
Communities Also Named Maplecrest ...
We found four communities that are also named Maplecrest.
Within Ohio, the name Maplecrest is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Maplecrest is located in New Castle County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maplecrest that is located in Williams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Maplecrest.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maplecrest [Carroll County].
- New Jersey
- Essex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Maplecrest [Essex County].
- New York
- Greene County
- This Maplecrest is located in Greene County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the east of the Maplecrest that is located in Williams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Maplecrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maplecrest ...
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.
- Bryan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Lick ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Lick is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Greyhound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greyhound is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyhound
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holiday City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jim Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Kunkle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Willow Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willow Glenn is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glenn
How Far From Maplecrest 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 Maplecrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maplecrest and extending to:
- Bryan, which is the Seat of Williams County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Maplecrest to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maplecrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Maplecrest 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Maplecrest 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 Maplecrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5581, Longitude: -84.5708 In this case, the coordinates for Maplecrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.435 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.007 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.172 degrees. |
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