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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 Vickers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vickers 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 Vickers:
- 41.616161, -83.495766
- 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 Vickers
- 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 Vickers is near Lucas County and also Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Vickers
Communities Also Named Vickers ...
We found three communities that are also named Vickers.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Vickers.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Lucas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Vickers [Lucas County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This Vickers is located in Hall County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the south of the Vickers that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Vickers.
- Ontario
- This Vickers lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vickers that is located in Wood County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vickers ...
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.
- Air Line Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Bieber
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bieber is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Booth is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Cedar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
- Crosswoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crosswoods is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
- Frances Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
- Grassy Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Hobart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Indian Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ironville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Island View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Island View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mound View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mound View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
- Moundview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moundview Park is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
- Orchard View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orchard View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Oregon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranch Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
- Stanley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Valley Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
How Far From Vickers 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 Vickers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vickers and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vickers to Bowling Green, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 116 miles [186.7 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 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Vickers 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Vickers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vickers 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 Vickers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6162, Longitude: -83.4958 In this case, the coordinates for Vickers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.226 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.638 degrees. |
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