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 Barnes Corners:
41.509776, -81.051763
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 Barnes Corners
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 Geauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Barnes Corners.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Barnes Corners.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Barnes Corners in the United States.
Communities Located In Ohio ...
Ashtabula County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Barnes Corners [Ashtabula County].
Lucas County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Barnes Corners.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Lewis County
This Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barnes Corners that is located in Geauga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Barnes Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnes Corners ...
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.
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 Barnes Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barnes Corners and extending to:
Chardon, which is the Seat of Geauga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Barnes Corners to Chardon, 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 146 miles [235 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 278 miles [447.4 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 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Barnes Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Barnes Corners) 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 Barnes Corners 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 Barnes Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5098, Longitude: -81.0518 In this case, the coordinates for Barnes Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.19 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.451 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.519 degrees.