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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 Hiram, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hiram 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 Hiram:
- 41.310191, -81.143274
- 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 Hiram
- 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 Hiram 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 Hiram
Communities Also Named Hiram ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Hiram.
Within Ohio, the name Hiram is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleburne County
- This Hiram is located in Cleburne County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Hiram.
- Georgia
- Paulding County
- This Hiram is located in Paulding County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Hiram.
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Hiram is located in Harlan County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Hiram.
- Maine
- Oxford County
- This Hiram is located in Oxford County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Hiram.
- Michigan
- Montcalm 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 Michigan community of Hiram [Montcalm County].
- Mississippi
- Tallahatchie County
- This Hiram is located in Tallahatchie County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallahatchie County community of Hiram.
- Wilkinson County
- This Hiram is located in Wilkinson County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Hiram.
- Missouri
- Wayne County
- This Hiram is located in Wayne County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Hiram.
- Pennsylvania
- Fulton County
- This Hiram is located in Fulton County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Hiram.
- Tennessee
- Bedford 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 Tennessee community of Hiram [Bedford County].
- Texas
- Kaufman County
- This Hiram is located in Kaufman County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Hiram.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Hiram is located in Barbour County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hiram that is located in Portage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Hiram.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hiram ...
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.
- Beartown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beartown is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Drakesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Evergreen Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Dam is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Dam
- Freedom Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Greenleafs Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenleafs Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleafs Corners
- Julia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Julia is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Nelson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Popes Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Popes Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Corners
- Silo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silo is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
How Far From Hiram 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 Hiram to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hiram and extending to:
- Ravenna, which is the Seat of Portage County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hiram to Ravenna, with an average speed<4> 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 133 miles [214 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 273 miles [439.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,961 miles [9,593.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hiram) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Hiram 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hiram 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 Hiram. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3102, Longitude: -81.1433 In this case, the coordinates for Hiram have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.497 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.635 degrees. |
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