Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Willow Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Beach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Willow Beach
- 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 Willow Beach:
- 41.707270, -83.476878
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Willow Beach
- 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 Lucas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Since Willow Beach is near Monroe County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Wood 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Willow Beach ...
We found four communities that share the name Willow Beach.
Within Ohio, the name Willow Beach is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- This Willow Beach is located in Mohave County and lies 1,715 miles [2,760 km]<1> to the west of the Willow Beach that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Willow Beach.
- Nevada
- Clark 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 Nevada community of Willow Beach [Clark County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- This Willow Beach is located in Ontario County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willow Beach that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Willow Beach.
- Ontario
- This Willow Beach lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Willow Beach that is located in Lucas County.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Beach ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Air Line Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Bieber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Booth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Boulevard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Cedar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
- Cedar Creek Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
- Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
- Crosswoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosswoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
- Crosswoods is located in Wood County
- Erie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Erie is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Harbor View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Ironville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Liberty Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Luna Pier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna Pier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna Pier
- Luna Pier is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luna Pier <4>
- Mound View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
- Mound View is located in Wood County
- Moundview Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moundview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
- Moundview Park is located in Wood County
- Oregon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oregon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Oregon is located in Lucas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oregon <4>
- Temperance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Temperance is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temperance <4>
- Vulcan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luna Pier
How Far From Willow Beach 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 Willow Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willow Beach and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Willow Beach to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,034 miles [9,710.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willow Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lucas County: www.co.lucas.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Willow Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willow Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7073, Longitude: -83.4769 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Willow Beach 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Willow Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.725 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.222 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.598 degrees. |