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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 Lusard Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lusard Place 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 Lusard Place:
- 41.718656, -81.239824
- 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 Lusard Place
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Lusard Place is near Geauga County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Lusard Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lusard Place ...
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.
- Fairport Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grand River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lane is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Mentor Headlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
- Orchard Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Painesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Painesville on-the-Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Lusard Place 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 Lusard Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lusard Place and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lusard Place to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 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 from Point A (ie- Lusard Place) 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 Lusard Place 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 Lusard Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7187, Longitude: -81.2398 In this case, the coordinates for Lusard Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.298 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.605 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.532 degrees. |
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