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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 Piccola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piccola 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 Piccola:
- 41.518940, -82.781298
- 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 Piccola
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since Piccola is near Erie County and also Sandusky County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky 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 Piccola
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piccola ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Crystal Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Rock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Rock
- Foxhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foxhaven is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhaven
- Gem Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Beach is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Beach
- Gypsum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lions Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lions Park is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lions Park
- Marblehead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Piccola 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 Piccola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Piccola once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Piccola and extending to:
- Port Clinton, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Piccola to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 352 miles [566.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,621 miles [7,436.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piccola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piccola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Piccola 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 Piccola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5189, Longitude: -82.7813 In this case, the coordinates for Piccola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.696 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.331 degrees. |
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