Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chester Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chester Center and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chester Center
- 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 Chester Center:
- 41.534218, -81.337887
- 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 Chester Center
- 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 Geauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Since Chester Center is near Cuyahoga County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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 Chester Center ...
We found two communities that share the name Chester Center.
Within Ohio, the name Chester Center is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Chester Center [Middlesex County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Chester Center is located in Hampden County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<2> to the east of the Chester Center that is located in Geauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Chester Center.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chester Center ...
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.
- Chesterland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterland
- Chesterland is located in Geauga County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterland <4>
- Fowlers Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Mill
- Fowlers Mill is located in Geauga County
- Fullertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullertown
- Fullertown is located in Geauga County
- Gates Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Mills
- Gates Mills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates Mills <4>
- Hunting Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Novelty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Parks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Corner
- Parks Corner is located in Lake County
- Pecks Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Scotland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Chester Center 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 Chester Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chester Center and extending to:
- Chardon, which is the Seat of Geauga County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chester Center to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chester Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Geauga County: www.co.geauga.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chester Center 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chester Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chester Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5342, Longitude: -81.3379 In this case, the coordinates for Chester Center 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 Chester Center 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 310.37 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.658 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.645 degrees. |