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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 Swander, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swander 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 Swander:
- 41.095333, -83.093249
- 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 Swander
- 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 Seneca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- Since Swander is near Crawford County and also Wyandot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandot 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 Swander
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swander ...
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.
- Bloomville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Cooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Green Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Oil Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oil Station is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Station
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rockaway is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
How Far From Swander to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Swander to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swander and extending to:
- Tiffin, which is the Seat of Seneca County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Swander to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 354 miles [569.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 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 '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- Swander) 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 Swander 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 Swander. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0953, Longitude: -83.0932 In this case, the coordinates for Swander have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.50 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.622 degrees. |
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