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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 Tymochtee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tymochtee 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 Tymochtee:
    • 40.949222, -83.270199
    • 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 Tymochtee
  • 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 Wyandot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandot County
    • Since Tymochtee is near Seneca County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Tymochtee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tymochtee ...

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.

  • Broken Sword
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
    • Broken Sword has also been known as:
    • Bloody Corners
    • Porterville
    • Wingarts Corners
    • Wingert Corners
    • Wingerts Corners
  • Edenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Edenville is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
  • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
  • Frenchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenchtown is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
  • Kirby
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mexico is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
  • Nevada
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pratts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pratts is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
  • Raineys ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Raineys is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineys
  • Seal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Seal is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal
  • South Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Park is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tymochtee and extending to:

  • Upper Sandusky, which is the Seat of Wyandot County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Tymochtee to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,665 miles [7,507.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tymochtee) 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 Tymochtee 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 Tymochtee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9492, Longitude: -83.2702       In this case, the coordinates for Tymochtee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.617 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.987 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.753 degrees.