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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 Fritchleys Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fritchleys Corners 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 Fritchleys Corners:
- 40.634228, -81.213717
- 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 Fritchleys Corners
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Fritchleys Corners is near Stark County and also Tuscarawas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas 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 Fritchleys Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fritchleys Corners ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Dutchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Grampian Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grampian Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grampian Hills
- Hardscrabble ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hardscrabble is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Heritage Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Lake Mohawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Mohawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marks is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
- Mineral City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minerva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Minerva Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minerva Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Junction
- Paradise Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
- Pigtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigtown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigtown
- Piney View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piney View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Robertsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robertsville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Rockwood Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockwood Park is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Park
- Sandyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Sunset Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunset Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
- Valley Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
How Far From Fritchleys Corners 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 Fritchleys Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fritchleys Corners and extending to:
- Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fritchleys Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,994 miles [9,646.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 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- Fritchleys Corners) 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 Fritchleys Corners 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 Fritchleys Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6342, Longitude: -81.2137 In this case, the coordinates for Fritchleys Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.333 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.908 degrees. |
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