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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 Mayflower Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayflower Village 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 Mayflower Village:
    • 40.800335, -81.552622
    • 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 Mayflower Village
  • 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 Mayflower Village is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Mayflower Village

Communities Also Named Mayflower Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Mayflower Village.

Within Ohio, the name Mayflower Village is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Mayflower Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Mayflower Village is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the west of the Mayflower Village that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Mayflower Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayflower Village ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearview is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Crystal Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Forty Corners Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lawndale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • New England
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Pauls ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pauls is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
  • Pigeon Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
  • Rolling Hills Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Urban Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Urban Hill is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Hill
  • Walnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From Mayflower Village 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 Mayflower Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mayflower Village and extending to:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mayflower Village to Canton, 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 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 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mayflower Village) 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 Mayflower Village 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 Mayflower Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8003, Longitude: -81.5526       In this case, the coordinates for Mayflower Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.538 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.738 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.005 degrees.