Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Candlelight Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Candlelight Villas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Candlelight Villas
- 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 Candlelight Villas:
- 40.548397, -81.491229
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Candlelight Villas
- 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 Tuscarawas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
- Since Candlelight Villas is near Stark County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stark County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Candlelight Villas ...
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.
- Beartown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Tuscarawas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,693 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Dundee is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <2>
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Heritage Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Joyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Mineral City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Mineral City is located in Tuscarawas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral City <2>
- New England ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New England have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- New England is located in Tuscarawas County
- New Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- New Philadelphia is located in Tuscarawas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Philadelphia <2>
- Reeds Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Willow Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Willow Glen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Winklepleck Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winklepleck Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winklepleck Grove
- Winklepleck Grove is located in Tuscarawas County
How Far From Candlelight Villas 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 Candlelight Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Candlelight Villas and extending to:
- New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Candlelight Villas 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Candlelight Villas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tuscarawas County: www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Candlelight Villas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Candlelight Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5484, Longitude: -81.4912 In this case, the coordinates for Candlelight Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Candlelight Villas to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.51 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.668 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.065 degrees. |