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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 New Stark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Stark 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 New Stark:
- 40.833942, -83.737434
- 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 New Stark
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since New Stark is near Hardin County and also Allen 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 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 New Stark
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Stark ...
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.
- Beagle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beagle is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Beaverdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Harrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Martinstown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Maysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Pratts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Quickstep
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quickstep is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quickstep
- Rockport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From New Stark 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 New Stark to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Stark and extending to:
- Findlay, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Stark to Findlay, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 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- New Stark) 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 New Stark 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 New Stark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8339, Longitude: -83.7374 In this case, the coordinates for New Stark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.918 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.01 degrees. |
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