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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 Wharton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wharton 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 Wharton:
- 40.861306, -83.464810
- 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 Wharton
- 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 Wharton is near Hardin County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Wharton
Communities Also Named Wharton ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Wharton.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Wharton.
Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Noble County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Wharton.
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Wharton.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wharton [Cherokee County].
- Arkansas
- Madison County
- This Wharton is located in Madison County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Wharton.
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wharton [Beaufort County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Wharton lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- Oklahoma
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Wharton [Cherokee County].
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- This Wharton is located in Philadelphia County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<3> to the east of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Wharton.
- Potter County
- This Wharton is located in Potter County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km] to the east of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Wharton.
- Texas
- Wharton County
- This Wharton is located in Wharton County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wharton County community of Wharton.
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Wharton is located in Boone County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Wharton that is located in Wyandot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Wharton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wharton ...
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.
- Beagle ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beagle is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Martinstown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martinstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Pratts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- South Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Park is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Wharton 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 village such as Wharton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wharton and extending to:
- Upper Sandusky, which is the Seat of Wyandot County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wharton to Upper Sandusky, with an average speed<5> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,072 miles [9,771.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wharton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Wharton 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wharton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wharton 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 Wharton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8613, Longitude: -83.4648 In this case, the coordinates for Wharton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.743 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.117 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.873 degrees. |
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