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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 Little Bohemia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Bohemia 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 Little Bohemia:
    • 41.470607, -81.654851
    • 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 Little Bohemia
  • 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
    • Since Little Bohemia is near Summit County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Little Bohemia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Bohemia ...

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.

  • Big Italy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Big Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Italy
  • Dutch Alley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dutch Alley is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Alley
  • Euclid Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Euclid Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
  • Garden Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Garden Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Glenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Henry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Henry is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Little Italy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
  • Miles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Miles is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • New Chinatown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • New Chinatown is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
  • Willow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow

How Far From Little Bohemia 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 community such as Little Bohemia to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Little Bohemia to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 301 miles [484.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,576 miles [7,364.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Bohemia) 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 Little Bohemia 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 Little Bohemia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4706, Longitude: -81.6549       In this case, the coordinates for Little Bohemia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.573 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.879 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.816 degrees.