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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 Pettisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pettisville 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 Pettisville:
- 41.532037, -84.226689
- 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 Pettisville
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Pettisville is near Henry County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 Pettisville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pettisville ...
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.
- Advance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverleaf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverleaf is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Gerald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lock Port
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lock Port is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Port
- Naomi
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Naomi is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Ratsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ratsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratsville
- Zone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zone is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
How Far From Pettisville 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 Pettisville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pettisville and extending to:
- Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Pettisville to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 420 miles [675.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pettisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pettisville 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 Pettisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5320, Longitude: -84.2267 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.213 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.015 degrees. |
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