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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 All Seasons Lake Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to All Seasons Lake Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for All Seasons Lake Park
  • 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 All Seasons Lake Park:
    • 41.048333, -81.084167
    • 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 All Seasons Lake Park
  • 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 Portage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
    • Since All Seasons Lake Park is near Mahoning County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 All Seasons Lake Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near All Seasons Lake Park ...

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.

  • Bloody Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloody Corners is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloody Corners
  • Bolton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bolton is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Christytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Christytown is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christytown
  • Craig Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
  • Diamond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Diamond is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Edinburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Five Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Five Corners is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Flicks Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flicks Corners is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flicks Corners
  • Fredericksburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Industry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Industry is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
  • Lloyd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lloyd is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
  • Shillings Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shillings Mill is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillings Mill
  • Sunset Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

How Far From All Seasons Lake Park 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 All Seasons Lake Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in All Seasons Lake Park and extending to:

  • Ravenna, which is the Seat of Portage County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from All Seasons Lake Park to Ravenna, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- All Seasons Lake Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 All Seasons Lake Park 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 All Seasons Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0483, Longitude: -81.0842       In this case, the coordinates for All Seasons Lake Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.233 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.43 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.701 degrees.