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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 Plumbs Cross Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plumbs Cross Roads 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 Plumbs Cross Roads:
- 41.008661, -84.389949
- 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 Plumbs Cross Roads
- 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Since Plumbs Cross Roads is near Putnam County and also Van Wert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Wert 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 Plumbs Cross Roads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plumbs Cross Roads ...
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.
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Continental
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Brown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Grover Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Hartsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Hedges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Montana ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montana is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
How Far From Plumbs Cross Roads 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 Plumbs Cross Roads 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 Plumbs Cross Roads once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plumbs Cross Roads and extending to:
- Paulding, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plumbs Cross Roads to Paulding, with an average speed<4> 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 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 Plumbs Cross Roads, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plumbs Cross Roads) 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 Plumbs Cross Roads 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 Plumbs Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0087, Longitude: -84.3899 In this case, the coordinates for Plumbs Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.331 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.808 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.261 degrees. |
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