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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 Fulton Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fulton Heights 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 Fulton Heights:
    • 40.824780, -81.402059
    • 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 Fulton Heights
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Fulton Heights is near Summit County and also Tuscarawas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Fulton Heights

Communities Also Named Fulton Heights ...

We found two communities that are also named Fulton Heights.

Within Ohio, the name Fulton Heights is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Fulton Heights [Pueblo County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Fulton Heights is located in Rowan County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the south of the Fulton Heights that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Fulton Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fulton Heights ...

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.

  • Crystal Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Park is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Park
  • Edgefield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Edgefield is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Grove Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Mill is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
  • Hills and Dales
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Lake Cable
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Cable is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cable
  • Lake View Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
  • Lincoln Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Parkridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Parkridge is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
  • Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant View is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Ridgedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ridgedale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Skyline Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Skyline Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
  • Sweetbriar
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Whispering Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Whispering Oaks is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks

How Far From Fulton Heights to ...

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Fulton Heights 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 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>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 Fulton Heights 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fulton Heights) 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 Fulton Heights 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 Fulton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8248, Longitude: -81.4021       In this case, the coordinates for Fulton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.443 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.633 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.928 degrees.