Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kirtland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirtland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kirtland
- 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 Kirtland:
- 41.595049, -81.325108
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Kirtland
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Kirtland is near Geauga County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kirtland ...
We found three communities that share the name Kirtland.
Within Ohio, the name Kirtland is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- New Mexico
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirtland ...
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.
- Chagrin Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chagrin Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chagrin Harbor
- Chagrin Harbor is located in Lake County
- Chesterland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterland
- Chesterland is located in Geauga County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterland <4>
- Erie Side
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Fowlers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Mill
- Fowlers Mill is located in Geauga County
- Fullertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullertown
- Fullertown is located in Geauga County
- Gates Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Mills
- Gates Mills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates Mills <4>
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Mentor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Mentor is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,090 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <4>
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Novelty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Parks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Corner
- Parks Corner is located in Lake County
- Pecks Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Vinewood Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinewood Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinewood Beach
- Vinewood Beach is located in Lake County
- Will-O-Way Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Will-O-Way Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Way Beach
- Will-O-Way Beach is located in Lake County
- Will-O-Wick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Will-O-Wick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Wick
- Will-O-Wick is located in Lake County
- Willowick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowick
- Willowick is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,067 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willowick <4>
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
How Far From Kirtland 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 city such as Kirtland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirtland and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kirtland to Painesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 141 miles [226.9 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 292 miles [469.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Kirtland: www.kirtlandohio.com/
The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Kirtland 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kirtland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirtland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5950, Longitude: -81.3251 In this case, the coordinates for Kirtland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kirtland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.359 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.654 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.617 degrees. |