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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 Wooster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooster 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 Wooster:
- 40.804962, -81.934370
- 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 Wooster
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Wooster is near Holmes County and also Ashland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland 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 Wooster
Communities Also Named Wooster ...
We found seven communities that are also named Wooster.
Within Ohio, the name Wooster is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- This Wooster is located in Faulkner County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Wooster.
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- This Wooster is located in Meriwether County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Wooster.
- Indiana
- Kosciusko County
- This Wooster is located in Kosciusko County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the west of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Wooster.
- Scott County
- This Wooster is located in Scott County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the southwest of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Wooster.
- Kansas
- Wooster #
- 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 Kansas community of Wooster.
- Michigan
- Newaygo County
- This Wooster is located in Newaygo County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newaygo County community of Wooster.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Wooster is located in Harris County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wooster that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Wooster.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooster ...
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.
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boys Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Cedar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Devil Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Edinburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburgh is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Golden Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- Hermanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hermanville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Honeytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Honeytown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytown
- Mechanicsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
How Far From Wooster 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 city such as Wooster to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wooster and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Wooster to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 291 miles [468.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,015 miles [9,680.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,615 miles [7,427.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wooster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Wooster 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> | 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 Wooster 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 Wooster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8050, Longitude: -81.9344 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.011 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.18 degrees. |
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