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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 Kenmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kenmore 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 Kenmore:
    • 41.044778, -81.560675
    • 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 Kenmore
  • 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Since Kenmore is near Medina County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Kenmore

Communities Also Named Kenmore ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Kenmore.

Within Ohio, the name Kenmore is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Kenmore.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware 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 Indiana community of Kenmore [Delaware County].
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • This Kenmore is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<3> to the southwest of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Kenmore.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Kenmore is located in Cecil County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Kenmore.
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Kenmore [Prince George's County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Kenmore [Suffolk County].
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Kenmore is located in Erie County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Kenmore.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Kenmore is located in Wake County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Kenmore.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Kenmore.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Kenmore is located in Fairfax County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Kenmore.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Kenmore is located in King County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Kenmore that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kenmore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenmore ...

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.

  • Cascade ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cascade is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cottage Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Derby Downs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Derby Downs is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Downs
  • Firestone Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Firestone Park is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
  • Goodyear Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodyear Heights is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Heights
  • Halo
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Halo is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lawndale is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Maple Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Valley is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
  • Portage Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes

How Far From Kenmore 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 Kenmore to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 105 miles [169 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kenmore to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kenmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Kenmore 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kenmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kenmore 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 Kenmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0448, Longitude: -81.5607       In this case, the coordinates for Kenmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.533 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.769 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.923 degrees.