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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 Buena Vista Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buena Vista Beach 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 Buena Vista Beach:
- 41.809770, -81.127877
- 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 Buena Vista Beach
- 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 Buena Vista Beach is near Ashtabula County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Buena Vista Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buena Vista Beach ...
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.
- Driftwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Fairport Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grand River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- James Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- James Place is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
- Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lane is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Orchard Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Painesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Painesville on-the-Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Redbird is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Buena Vista Beach 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 Buena Vista Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buena Vista Beach and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Buena Vista Beach 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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 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 5,938 miles [9,556.3 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buena Vista Beach) 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 Buena Vista Beach 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 Buena Vista Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8098, Longitude: -81.1279 In this case, the coordinates for Buena Vista Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.223 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.533 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.446 degrees. |
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