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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 Plattston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plattston 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 Plattston:
- 41.530028, -84.032896
- 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 Plattston
- 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 Plattston is near Henry County and also Holmes 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 Holmes 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 Plattston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plattston ...
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.
- Cloverleaf ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverleaf is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delta Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Delta Heights is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Heights
- Gerald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Liberty Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Naomi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Naomi is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Peaceful Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Raker Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raker Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raker Corners
- Ratsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ratsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratsville
How Far From Plattston 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 Plattston 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 Plattston once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plattston and extending to:
- Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Plattston to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 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 Plattston, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plattston) 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 Plattston 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 Plattston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5300, Longitude: -84.0329 In this case, the coordinates for Plattston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.089 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.609 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.923 degrees. |
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