Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Parliament Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parliament Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Parliament Place

• 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 Parliament Place:
  • 41.570329, -83.589934
  • 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 Parliament Place

• 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 Parliament Place 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 Parliament Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parliament Place ...

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.

• Frances Gardens
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
• Grassy Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
• Hobart
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobart is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
• Holiday Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Holiday Park is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
• Indian Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Meadows is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
• Island View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Island View is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
• Lime City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lime City is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
• Pheasant Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
• Ranch Gardens
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
• Stanley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanley is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
• Valley Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Hills is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills

How Far From Parliament Place to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Parliament Place and extending to:

• Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Parliament Place to Bowling Green, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 114 miles [183.5 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 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,652 miles [7,486.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'