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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 McDonaldsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDonaldsville 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 McDonaldsville:
- 40.887557, -81.479006
- 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 McDonaldsville
- 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 McDonaldsville is near Summit County and also Portage 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 Portage 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 McDonaldsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near McDonaldsville ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clearview is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Comet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Crystal Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Edgefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgefield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Forty Corners Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hills and Dales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Lake Cable
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Cable is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cable
- Lake Slagle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake Slagle is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Slagle
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Parkridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkridge is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pauls ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pauls is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
- Ridgedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgedale is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Skyline Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Hills is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
- Sweetbriar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetbriar is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Tower Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tower Terrace is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Terrace
How Far From McDonaldsville 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 McDonaldsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McDonaldsville and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from McDonaldsville to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 272 miles [437.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 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- McDonaldsville) 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 McDonaldsville 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 McDonaldsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8876, Longitude: -81.4790 In this case, the coordinates for McDonaldsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.941 degrees. |
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