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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 Maria Stein, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maria Stein 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 Maria Stein:
- 40.407825, -84.493286
- 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 Maria Stein
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Maria Stein is near Auglaize County and also Darke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Auglaize County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke 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 Maria Stein
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maria Stein ...
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.
- Bass Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bass Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Landing
- Chickasaw
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Club Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Club Island is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Island
- Coldwater Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater Beach is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Beach
- Cranberry Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
- Duckfoot Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Duckfoot Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckfoot Landing
- Earls Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Earls Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Island
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lees Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lees Landing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
- Lock Two
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lock Two is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Two
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Turtle Neck Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turtle Neck Point is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Neck Point
- Yorkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Maria Stein 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 Maria Stein to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maria Stein and extending to:
- Celina, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maria Stein to Celina, with an average speed<3> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maria Stein) 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 Maria Stein 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 Maria Stein. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4078, Longitude: -84.4933 In this case, the coordinates for Maria Stein have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.408 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.808 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.499 degrees. |
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