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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 Madison Dock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madison Dock 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 Madison Dock:
- 41.850052, -81.007874
- 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 Madison Dock
- 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 Madison Dock is near Ashtabula County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga 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 Madison Dock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madison Dock ...
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.
- Cork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cork is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Driftwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Erieview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- James Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- James Place is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
- Mechanicsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Redbird
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Madison Dock 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 Madison Dock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Madison Dock once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Madison Dock and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Madison Dock to Painesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 291 miles [468.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,931 miles [9,545 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Madison Dock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Madison Dock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Madison Dock 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 Madison Dock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8501, Longitude: -81.0079 In this case, the coordinates for Madison Dock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.145 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.374 degrees. |
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