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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 Camp Roosevelt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Roosevelt 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 Camp Roosevelt:
- 41.791435, -81.167322
- 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 Camp Roosevelt
- 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 Camp Roosevelt 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 Camp Roosevelt
Communities Also Named Camp Roosevelt ...
We found one communities that are also named Camp Roosevelt.
Within Ohio, the name Camp Roosevelt is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Camp Roosevelt in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Marion County
- This Camp Roosevelt is located in Marion County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the south of the Camp Roosevelt that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Camp Roosevelt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Roosevelt ...
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.
- Fairport Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grand River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- James Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- James Place is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
- Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Mentor Headlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
- Orchard Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Painesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Painesville on-the-Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Camp Roosevelt to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Camp Roosevelt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camp Roosevelt 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 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Camp Roosevelt 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 295 miles [474.8 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 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,543 miles [7,311.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Roosevelt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Camp Roosevelt 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 Camp Roosevelt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7914, Longitude: -81.1673 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Roosevelt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.249 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.56 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.471 degrees. |
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