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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 The Angle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Angle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 The Angle:
    • 41.493662, -81.704854
    • 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 The Angle
  • 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
    • Since The Angle is near Summit County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 The Angle

Communities Also Named The Angle ...

We found three communities that are also named The Angle.

Within Ohio, the name The Angle is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of The Angle [Wayne County].
    • Utah
      • Piute County
      • This The Angle is located in Piute County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<2> to the west of the The Angle that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piute County community of The Angle.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of The Angle [McDowell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Angle ...

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.

  • Big Italy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Italy
  • Birds Nest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Birds Nest is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Nest
  • Coits
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Coits is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coits
  • Dutch Alley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dutch Alley is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Alley
  • Euclid Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Euclid Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
  • Garden Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Garden Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Glenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Henry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Henry is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Little Bohemia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Bohemia is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bohemia
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little Italy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Little Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
    • Miles
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Miles is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • New Chinatown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New Chinatown is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
    • Short Line Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Short Line Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Line Junction
    • Willow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow

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

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from The Angle to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 304 miles [489.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 The Angle 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Angle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 The Angle 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 The Angle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4937, Longitude: -81.7049       In this case, the coordinates for The Angle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.604 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.917 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.832 degrees.