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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 Garrettsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garrettsville 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 Garrettsville:
- 41.285140, -81.098535
- 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 Garrettsville
- 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 Portage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
- Since Garrettsville is near Geauga County and also Trumbull 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 Trumbull 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 Garrettsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garrettsville ...
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.
- Delightful
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Drakesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Greenleafs Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenleafs Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleafs Corners
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Nelson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Popes Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Popes Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Corners
How Far From Garrettsville 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 village such as Garrettsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garrettsville and extending to:
- Ravenna, which is the Seat of Portage County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Garrettsville to Ravenna, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 134 miles [215.7 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 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 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Garrettsville) 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 Garrettsville 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 Garrettsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2851, Longitude: -81.0985 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.231 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.463 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.623 degrees. |
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