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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 Prentiss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prentiss and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Prentiss:
    • 41.152551, -84.018277
    • 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 Prentiss
  • 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since Prentiss is near Henry County and also Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Prentiss

Communities Also Named Prentiss ...

We found nine communities that are also named Prentiss.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Prentiss.

Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Prentiss.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Appling County
      • This Prentiss is located in Appling County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<2> to the south of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appling County community of Prentiss.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Prentiss is located in Ohio County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Prentiss.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Prentiss is located in Penobscot County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Prentiss.
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Prentiss [Bolivar County].
      • Jefferson Davis County
      • This Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Prentiss.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Prentiss [Greene County].
    • North Carolina
      • Macon County
      • This Prentiss is located in Macon County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<2> to the south of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Prentiss.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beckham County
      • This Prentiss is located in Beckham County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Prentiss that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Prentiss.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prentiss ...

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.

  • Continental
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cuba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuba is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Deweyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Deweyville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
  • Elm Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elm Center is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Center
  • Hector
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hector is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
  • Lewisburg ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Lewisville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewisville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Milton Center
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Milton Center is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Pleasant Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
  • Rice
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rice is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice

How Far From Prentiss 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 Prentiss to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prentiss and extending to:

  • Ottawa, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Prentiss to Ottawa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 400 miles [643.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,688 miles [7,544.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Prentiss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prentiss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Prentiss could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Prentiss 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 Prentiss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1526, Longitude: -84.0183       In this case, the coordinates for Prentiss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.089 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.554 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.039 degrees.