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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 Lake Lodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Lodge 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 Lake Lodge:
- 40.420622, -80.747580
- 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 Lake Lodge
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Lake Lodge is near Harrison County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Lake Lodge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Lodge ...
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.
- Fairplay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Forest View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Island Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Overlook Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Overlook Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Hills
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Reeds Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reeds Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
- Winterdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winterdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale
- Wintersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Lake Lodge 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 Lake Lodge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Lodge and extending to:
- Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Lodge to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 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 '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- Lake Lodge) 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 Lake Lodge 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 Lake Lodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4206, Longitude: -80.7476 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Lodge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.052 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.129 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.771 degrees. |
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