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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 Conneaut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conneaut 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 Conneaut:
- 41.951509, -80.559024
- 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 Conneaut
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
- Since Conneaut is near Erie County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Conneaut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conneaut ...
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.
- Amboy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Center Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center Corner is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Corner
- Cherry Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gageville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
- Kelloggsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kidders Corner is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
- Kingsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsville On-the-Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
How Far From Conneaut 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 city such as Conneaut to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Conneaut and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Conneaut to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,909 miles [9,509.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,511 miles [7,259.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Conneaut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Conneaut 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 Conneaut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9515, Longitude: -80.5590 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.855 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.138 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.124 degrees. |
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