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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 Moundview Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moundview 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 Moundview Park:
- 41.615050, -83.492154
- 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 Moundview 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Moundview Park is near Lucas County and also Ottawa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa 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 Moundview Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moundview 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.
- Air Line Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Bieber
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bieber is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Booth is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Cedar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
- Crane Creek Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crane Creek Place is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Creek Place
- Crosswoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crosswoods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
- Frances Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
- Grassy Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Hobart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Indian Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ironville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Island View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Island View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Mound View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mound View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
- Orchard View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orchard View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Oregon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranch Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
- Stanley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Valley Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
How Far From Moundview 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 community such as Moundview 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 Moundview Park and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moundview Park to Bowling Green, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moundview 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 Moundview 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 Moundview Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6150, Longitude: -83.4922 In this case, the coordinates for Moundview Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.738 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.223 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.636 degrees. |
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