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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 Maximo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maximo 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 Maximo:
- 40.876447, -81.172046
- 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 Maximo
- 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 Maximo is near Mahoning County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 Maximo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maximo ...
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.
- Alliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Bolton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Freeburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Homeworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Robertsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robertsville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
How Far From Maximo 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 Maximo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maximo and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maximo to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 258 miles [415.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maximo) 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 Maximo 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 Maximo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8764, Longitude: -81.1720 In this case, the coordinates for Maximo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.296 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.803 degrees. |
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