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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 Lakeshore Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeshore Park 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 Lakeshore Park:
    • 40.464231, -81.168992
    • 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 Lakeshore Park
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Lakeshore Park is near Harrison County and also Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 Lakeshore Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeshore Park ...

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.

  • Grampian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grampian Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grampian Hills
  • Hickory Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Leesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Leesville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Perrysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Perrysville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville
  • Piney View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Piney View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
  • Rock Canyon Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rock Canyon Park is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon Park
  • Rockwood Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Rockwood Park is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Park
  • Thornhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Thornhill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeshore Park to Carrollton, with an average speed<2> 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 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 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,596 miles [7,396.5 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 from Point A (ie- Lakeshore Park) 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 Lakeshore Park 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 Lakeshore Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4642, Longitude: -81.1690       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeshore Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.312 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.431 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.947 degrees.