Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Breakman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Breakman and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Breakman

• 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 Breakman:
  • 41.658384, -81.112876
  • 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 Breakman

• 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Since Breakman is near Geauga County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Breakman

Curious and Interesting Names Near Breakman ...

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.

• Calm ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Calm is located in Geauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
• Center Road ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Center Road is located in Geauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
• Cork
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cork is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
• Five Points
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Points is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Footville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Footville is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
• Hartsgrove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
• Huntsburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
• Lane
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lane is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
• Little Mountain
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little Mountain is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
• Orchard Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
• Painesville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Painesville is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,803 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Painesville <1>
• Painesville on-the-Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Painesville on-the-Lake is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesville on-the-Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Breakman and extending to:

• Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Breakman to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'