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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 Collamer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Collamer 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 Collamer:
- 41.539773, -81.572346
- 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 Collamer
- 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
- Since Collamer is near Lake County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Collamer
Communities Also Named Collamer ...
We found four communities that are also named Collamer.
Within Ohio, the name Collamer is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Whitley County
- This Collamer is located in Whitley County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the west of the Collamer that is located in Cuyahoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Collamer.
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Collamer is located in Monroe County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Collamer that is located in Cuyahoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Collamer.
- Onondaga County
- This Collamer is located in Onondaga County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the east northeast of the Collamer that is located in Cuyahoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Collamer.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Collamer [Chester County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Collamer ...
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.
- Bluestone
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bluestone is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Coits
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coits is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coits
- Dutch Alley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Alley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Alley
- Euclid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Euclid Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Euclid Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Five Points is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Points
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Four Points is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Little Italy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Noble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Noble is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Shaker Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- University Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Collamer 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 Collamer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Collamer and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Collamer to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 300 miles [482.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,570 miles [7,354.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Collamer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Collamer 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Collamer 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 Collamer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5398, Longitude: -81.5723 In this case, the coordinates for Collamer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.826 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.753 degrees. |
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