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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 Sherman Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Sherman Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sherman Village:
    • 40.708056, -81.452778
    • 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 Sherman Village
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Lake Sherman Village is near Tuscarawas County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Sherman Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Sherman Village ...

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.

  • Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crossroads is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Dutchtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dutchtown is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Grove Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Grove Mill is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
  • Hardscrabble ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hardscrabble is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
  • Industrial Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Industrial Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial Heights
  • Lake View Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
  • Lawndale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawndale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Lincoln Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • New England
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Park Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Park Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
  • Pigeon Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
  • Richville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rockville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockville is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Sandyville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Smoketown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Smoketown is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
    • Waco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Waco is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
    • Walnut Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Whispering Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Whispering Oaks is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks

How Far From Lake Sherman Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Sherman Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake Sherman Village and extending to:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Sherman Village to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,598 miles [7,399.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Sherman Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sherman Village 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 Sherman Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7081, Longitude: -81.4528       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Sherman Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.479 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.657 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.992 degrees.