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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 Minerva Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minerva Park 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 Minerva Park:
- 40.077783, -82.942073
- 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 Minerva Park
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Minerva Park is near Delaware County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking 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 Minerva Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minerva Park ...
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.
- Africa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flint ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Harlem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Havens Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Highway ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
- Mackstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mackstown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackstown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Roseland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seagrove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
- Seagrove has also been known as:
- Seagrave
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Wildwood Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
How Far From Minerva Park 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 village such as Minerva Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Minerva Park and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Minerva Park to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 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 from Point A (ie- Minerva Park) 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 Minerva Park 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 Minerva Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0778, Longitude: -82.9421 In this case, the coordinates for Minerva Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.433 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.648 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.887 degrees. |
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