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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 Rivercrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rivercrest 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 Rivercrest:
    • 41.547830, -83.654935
    • 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 Rivercrest
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Rivercrest is near Lucas County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas 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 Rivercrest

Communities Also Named Rivercrest ...

We found nine communities that are also named Rivercrest.

Within Ohio, the name Rivercrest is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the south of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rivercrest.
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Troup County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the south of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Rivercrest.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Rivercrest is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Rivercrest.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rivercrest lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Grafton County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Rivercrest.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Wake County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rivercrest.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Harris County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Rivercrest.
    • Virginia
      • Arlington County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Arlington County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rivercrest that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Rivercrest.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rivercrest [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rivercrest ...

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.

  • Business Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Business Corner is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corner
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Frances Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
  • Grassy Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
  • Holiday Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Holiday Park is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Holland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Homewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Homewood is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Hull Prairie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
  • Hulls Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hulls Crossing is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossing
  • Indian Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Indian Meadows is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
  • Island View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Island View is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Kettle Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kettle Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Run
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lime City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lime City is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Parliament Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Parliament Place is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Place
    • Pheasant Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Ranch Gardens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
    • Spring Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Lucas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Valley Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley Hills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Willowbend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Willowbend is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend

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

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

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Rivercrest to Bowling Green, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rivercrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Rivercrest 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rivercrest 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 Rivercrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5478, Longitude: -83.6549       In this case, the coordinates for Rivercrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.845 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.334 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.737 degrees.