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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 Marblehead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marblehead and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Marblehead:
    • 41.523456, -82.726302
    • 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 Marblehead
  • 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
    • Since Marblehead is near Erie County and also Sandusky County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Marblehead

Communities Also Named Marblehead ...

We found five communities that are also named Marblehead.

Within Ohio, the name Marblehead is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Marblehead lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marblehead that is located in Ottawa County.
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Marblehead is located in Adams County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the west of the Marblehead that is located in Ottawa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Marblehead.
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • This Marblehead is located in Essex County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the east of the Marblehead that is located in Ottawa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Marblehead.
    • Utah
      • Tooele 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 Utah community of Marblehead [Tooele County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marblehead that is located in Ottawa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Marblehead.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marblehead ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bogart is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
  • Cedar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Point is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Crystal Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal Rock is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Rock
  • Foxhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxhaven is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhaven
  • Gem Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gem Beach is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Beach
  • Gypsum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lions Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lions Park is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lions Park
  • Ranch Wood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ranch Wood is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Wood
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Violet is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marblehead and extending to:

  • Port Clinton, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Marblehead to Port Clinton, 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 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south (S). 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 350 miles [563.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marblehead) 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 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 Marblehead 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 Marblehead 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 Marblehead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5235, Longitude: -82.7263       In this case, the coordinates for Marblehead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.252 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.657 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.303 degrees.