Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chapel
- 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 Chapel:
- 41.781721, -80.809531
- 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 Chapel
- 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
- Since Chapel is near Geauga County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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
Communities Also Named Chapel ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Chapel.
Within Ohio, the name Chapel is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Howell County
- This Chapel is located in Howell County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chapel that is located in Ashtabula County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Chapel.
- Putnam County
- This Chapel is located in Putnam County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the west of the Chapel that is located in Ashtabula County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Chapel.
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel ...
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.
- Cold Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cold Springs is located in Ashtabula County
- Cork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Crestlawn Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestlawn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
- Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
- Eagleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Erieview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Gageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Geneva is located in Ashtabula County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva-on-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva-on-the-Lake
- Geneva-on-the-Lake is located in Ashtabula County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva-on-the-Lake <4>
- Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Rays Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Rock Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Ashtabula County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Creek <4>
- Turkey Foot Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Foot Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Corner
- Turkey Foot Corner is located in Ashtabula County
- Willow Arms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms
- Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County
- Mechanicsville
How Far From Chapel 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 Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapel and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chapel to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chapel. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ashtabula County: www.co.ashtabula.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Chapel could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7817, Longitude: -80.8095 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Chapel to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.023 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.302 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.306 degrees. |