Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bristolville Station:
  • 41.387556, -80.848419
  • 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 Bristolville Station

• 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
  • Since Bristolville Station 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 Bristolville Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bristolville Station ...

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.

• Bundysburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
• Champion
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Champion is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
• Clover Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Clover Hill is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
• Delightful
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Delightful is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
• Greene
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greene is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
• Greene Center
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Greene Center is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Center
• Hardscrabble
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
• Triumph
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Triumph is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bristolville Station and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bristolville Station to Warren, with an average speed<2> 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 148 miles [238.2 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• 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).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'