Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Avon Lake:
  • 41.521934, -93.501047
  • 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 Avon Lake

• 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Since Avon Lake is near Warren County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Avon Lake

Communities Also Named Avon Lake ...

We found one communities that are also named Avon Lake.

Within Iowa, the name Avon Lake is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Avon Lake in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Ohio
    • Lorain County
    • This Avon Lake is located in Lorain County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the east of the Avon Lake that is located in Polk County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Avon Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Avon Lake ...

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.

• Carbondale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Carbondale is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
• Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ford is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
• Greenbush
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Greenbush is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
• Ivy
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ivy is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,025 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <2>
• Rising Sun
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rising Sun is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
• Scotch Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
• Summerset
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Summerset is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
• Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Junction

How Far From Avon Lake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avon Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avon Lake and extending to:

• Des Moines, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies just to the northwest (NW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Avon Lake to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,052 miles [8,130.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'