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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 Fairfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Fairfield 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 Fairfield:
- 40.822005, -80.636184
- 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 Fairfield
- 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 Columbiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Since East Fairfield is near Mahoning County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Fairfield
Communities Also Named East Fairfield ...
We found two communities that are also named East Fairfield.
Within Ohio, the name East Fairfield is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Somerset 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 Maine community of East Fairfield [Somerset County].
- Vermont
- Franklin County
- This East Fairfield is located in Franklin County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the East Fairfield that is located in Columbiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of East Fairfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Fairfield ...
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.
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Jimtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jordanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jordanville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Lisbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Beaver ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middle Beaver is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beaver
- Newhouse ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newhouse is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
- Rogers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Signal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Signal is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
- Union Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From East Fairfield 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 Fairfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Fairfield and extending to:
- Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from East Fairfield 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 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,559 miles [7,337 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 East Fairfield 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 'straight-line' (or 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- East Fairfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Fairfield 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 Fairfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8220, Longitude: -80.6362 In this case, the coordinates for East Fairfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.09 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.577 degrees. |
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