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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 Marl City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marl City 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 Marl City:
- 40.432553, -83.686598
- 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 Marl City
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Marl City is near Hardin County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Marl City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marl City ...
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.
- Big Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Harper
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- New Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Jerusalem is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem
- Silver Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Valley Hi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Marl City 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 community such as Marl City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Marl City and extending to:
- Bellefontaine, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Marl City to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,704 miles [7,570.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marl City) 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 Marl City 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 Marl City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4326, Longitude: -83.6866 In this case, the coordinates for Marl City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.895 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.226 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.116 degrees. |
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