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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 Sleepy Hollow Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sleepy Hollow Acres 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 Sleepy Hollow Acres:
    • 40.545047, -84.545511
    • 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 Sleepy Hollow Acres
  • 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Since Sleepy Hollow Acres is near Auglaize County and also Van Wert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Auglaize 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 Sleepy Hollow Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sleepy Hollow Acres ...

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.

  • Bass Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bass Landing is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Landing
  • Club Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Club Island is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Island
  • Coldwater Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Coldwater Beach is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Beach
  • Duckfoot Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Duckfoot Landing is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckfoot Landing
  • Harbor Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Harbor Point is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
  • Idlewild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Idlewild is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Lees Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lees Landing is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
  • Mariners Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mariners Point is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Point
  • Montezuma
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Montezuma is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
  • Neptune
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Neptune is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Turtle Neck Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Turtle Neck Point is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Neck Point

How Far From Sleepy Hollow Acres 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 Sleepy Hollow Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sleepy Hollow Acres and extending to:

  • Celina, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sleepy Hollow Acres to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,129 miles [9,863.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Sleepy Hollow Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sleepy Hollow Acres 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 Sleepy Hollow Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5450, Longitude: -84.5455       In this case, the coordinates for Sleepy Hollow Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.439 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.863 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.481 degrees.