Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Zone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zone and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Zone

• 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 Zone:
  • 41.622829, -84.328004
  • 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 Zone

• 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Since Zone is near Williams County and also Lenawee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williams County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenawee 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 Zone

Curious and Interesting Names Near Zone ...

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.

• Advance
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Advance is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
• Buckeye ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
• Deer Lick ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Deer Lick is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
• Hickory Hills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hillcrest
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Holiday City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Holiday City is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
• Inlet ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Inlet is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
• Kunkle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kunkle is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
• Lime Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lime Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
• Lock Port
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lock Port is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Port
• Pioneer
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer is located in Williams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,396 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pioneer <1>
• Powers ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Powers is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
  • Powers has also been known as:
  • Powers Station
• Prattville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville

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

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

• Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Zone to Wauseon, with an average speed<3> 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 133 miles [214 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'