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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 Spreng, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spreng 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 Spreng:
- 40.780891, -82.156266
- 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 Spreng
- 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 Ashland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
- Since Spreng is near Wayne County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Spreng
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spreng ...
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.
- Eight Square ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eight Square is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Square
- England
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- England is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England
- Funk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Jeromesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Fork is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
- Mohicanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mohicanville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohicanville
- Reedsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Rowsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
How Far From Spreng 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 Spreng to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spreng and extending to:
- Ashland, which is the Seat of Ashland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spreng to Ashland, with an average speed<3> 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 300 miles [482.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spreng) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Spreng 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 Spreng. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7809, Longitude: -82.1563 In this case, the coordinates for Spreng have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.918 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.167 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.291 degrees. |
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