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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 Asbury Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park:
    • 41.532500, -80.851944
    • 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 Asbury 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
    • Since Asbury Park is near Trumbull County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga 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 Asbury Park

Communities Also Named Asbury Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Asbury Park.

Within Ohio, the name Asbury Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Asbury Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Asbury Park that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Asbury Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Asbury Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the south of the Asbury Park that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Asbury Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Asbury Park that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Asbury Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Asbury 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.

  • Clover Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clover Hill is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Dodgeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
  • Greene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greene is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
  • Greene Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greene Center is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Center
  • Hartsgrove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
  • Roaming Shores
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
  • Rock Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sentinel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Triumph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Triumph is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
  • Turkey Foot Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Turkey Foot Corner is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Corner

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

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

  • Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Asbury Park to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Asbury Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Asbury 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 Asbury Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5325, Longitude: -80.8519       In this case, the coordinates for Asbury Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.063 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.31 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.418 degrees.