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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 Bates Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bates Corners and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bates Corners:
- 41.050611, -81.637902
- 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 Bates 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Bates Corners is near Medina County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Bates Corners
Communities Also Named Bates Corners ...
We found one communities that are also named Bates Corners.
Within Ohio, the name Bates Corners is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Bates Corners in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Bates Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bates 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.
- Cascade ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clark Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clark Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Fairlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Firestone Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Firestone Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
- Halo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halo is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lawndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawndale is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Maple Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Valley is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
- Pigeon Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Portage Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Stoney Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stoney Hill is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Weavers ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers
How Far From Bates Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bates Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bates Corners and extending to:
- Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Bates Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bates Corners 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Bates Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bates 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 Bates Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0506, Longitude: -81.6379 In this case, the coordinates for Bates Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.581 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.824 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.957 degrees. |
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