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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 Middlebury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Middlebury 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 Middlebury:
    • 40.846159, -84.746072
    • 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 Middlebury
  • 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 Van Wert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Wert County
    • Since Middlebury is near Adams County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Middlebury

Communities Also Named Middlebury ...

We found ten communities that are also named Middlebury.

There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Middlebury.

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

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Delaware County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Middlebury.
    • Summit County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Summit County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Middlebury.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Middlebury is located in New Haven County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<2> to the east of the Middlebury that is located in Van Wert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Middlebury.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Middlebury is located in Cook County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Middlebury that is located in Van Wert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Middlebury.
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Middlebury is located in Clay County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Middlebury that is located in Van Wert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Middlebury.
      • Elkhart County
      • This Middlebury is located in Elkhart County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northwest of the Middlebury that is located in Van Wert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Middlebury.
    • Missouri
      • Mercer County
      • Although located in Mercer County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Middlebury.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Middlebury [Tioga County].
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This Middlebury is located in Addison County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Middlebury that is located in Van Wert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Middlebury.
    • Wisconsin
      • Iowa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Middlebury [Iowa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Middlebury ...

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.

  • Boston Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Boston Corner is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Corner
  • Convoy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dull
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dull is located in Van Wert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
  • Four Presidents Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Honduras
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
  • Jonestown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jonestown is located in Van Wert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Logtown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Logtown is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Maples
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Maples is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Middle Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Smiley ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Smiley is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley

How Far From Middlebury to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Middlebury to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Van Wert, which is the Seat of Van Wert County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Middlebury to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,731 miles [7,613.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Middlebury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Middlebury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Middlebury 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Middlebury 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 Middlebury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8462, Longitude: -84.7461       In this case, the coordinates for Middlebury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.563 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.048 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.481 degrees.