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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 Fairview Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairview Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fairview Park:
    • 41.441745, -81.863974
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fairview Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Fairview Park ...

We found ten communities that share the name Fairview Park.

Within Ohio, the name Fairview Park is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Fairview Park, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vermillion County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Fairview Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Alexander County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Alexander County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the south of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Fairview Park.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km] to the south southeast of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Fairview Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Berks County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Fairview Park.
      • 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 Fairview Park [Chester County].
      • Lancaster County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Lancaster County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km] to the east southeast of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Fairview Park.
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairview Park [Luzerne County].
      • York County
      • This Fairview Park is located in York County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east southeast of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Fairview Park.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fairview Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Fairview Park.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 10,197 miles [16,410.5 km]<1> to the west

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview Park ...

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.

  • Birds Nest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birds Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Nest
    • Birds Nest is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Eagle Cliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
    • Eagle Cliff is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Fields
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Folger ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folger
    • Folger is located in Lorain County
  • River Edge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • River Edge is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Rockport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rockport
    • From Fairview Park to Rockport
  • Rocky River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Short Line Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Line Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Line Junction
    • Short Line Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Strongsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Trinity ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Trinity is located in Lorain County
  • Twin Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in Cuyahoga County

How Far From Fairview Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Fairview Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairview Park and extending to:

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fairview Park to Cleveland, with an average speed<6> 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 309 miles [497.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Fairview Park: www.fairviewpark.org/

The official website for Cuyahoga County: www.cuyahoga.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairview Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4417, Longitude: -81.8640    
<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 Fairview Park 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Fairview Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.707 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.026 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.925 degrees.




 

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