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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 Renollet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Renollet 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 Renollet:
- 41.245480, -84.495936
- 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 Renollet
- 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 Renollet is near Defiance County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Defiance 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 Renollet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Renollet ...
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.
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cecil
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Defiance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emmett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mark Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mark Center is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Center
- Moats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moats is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moats
- Molasses Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Molasses Gap is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molasses Gap
How Far From Renollet 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 Renollet 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 Renollet once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Renollet and extending to:
- Paulding, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Renollet 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 426 miles [685.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 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 Renollet, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Renollet) 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 Renollet 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 Renollet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2455, Longitude: -84.4959 In this case, the coordinates for Renollet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.394 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.236 degrees. |
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