Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Park Du Langlade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Du Langlade and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Park Du Langlade

• 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 Park Du Langlade:
  • 41.616161, -83.470487
  • 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 Park Du Langlade

• 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 Park Du Langlade 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 Park Du Langlade

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Du Langlade ...

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.

• Bieber
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bieber is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
• Booth
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Booth is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
• Cedar Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
• Cedar Creek Woods
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
• Crosswoods
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Crosswoods is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
• Mound View
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mound View is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
• Moundview Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Moundview Park is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
• Orchard View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Orchard View is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
• Oregon
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Oregon is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oregon <1>
• Stanley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanley is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley

How Far From Park Du Langlade 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 Park Du Langlade to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Park Du Langlade and extending to:

• Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Park Du Langlade 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 6 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 387 miles [622.8 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 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'