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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 East Ashtabula, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Ashtabula 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 East Ashtabula:
- 41.897831, -80.788143
- 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 East Ashtabula
- 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 East Ashtabula is near Lake County and also Erie 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 Erie 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 East Ashtabula
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Ashtabula ...
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.
- Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Crestlawn Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
- Erieview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
- Gageville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingsville On-the-Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Willow Arms
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms
How Far From East Ashtabula 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 East Ashtabula to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Ashtabula and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from East Ashtabula to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Ashtabula) 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 East Ashtabula 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 East Ashtabula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8978, Longitude: -80.7881 In this case, the coordinates for East Ashtabula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.003 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.297 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.253 degrees. |
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