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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 Trumbull, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Trumbull 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 Trumbull:
- 41.661492, -80.914642
- 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 Trumbull
- 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 Trumbull is near Geauga County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for East Trumbull
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Trumbull ...
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.
- Calm ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calm is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
- Cold Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cork is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Footville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Hartsgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Rock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turkey Foot Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Turkey Foot Corner is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Corner
How Far From East Trumbull 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 Trumbull 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 Trumbull and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Trumbull to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 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 '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- East Trumbull) 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 Trumbull 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 Trumbull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6615, Longitude: -80.9146 In this case, the coordinates for East Trumbull have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.096 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.40 degrees. |
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