Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mentor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mentor and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mentor
- 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 Mentor:
- 41.688934, -81.343996
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mentor
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Mentor is near Geauga County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mentor ...
We found ten communities that share the name Mentor.
Within Ohio, the name Mentor is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Greene County
- This Mentor is located in Greene County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mentor that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Mentor.
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mentor [Saint Louis County].
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mentor ...
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.
- Chagrin Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chagrin Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chagrin Harbor
- Chagrin Harbor is located in Lake County
- Erie Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Fairport Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Harbor
- Fairport Harbor is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,057 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairport Harbor <5>
- Grand River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Grand River is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand River <5>
- Little Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Mentor Headlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor Headlands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
- Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor-on-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor-on-the-Lake
- Mentor-on-the-Lake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor-on-the-Lake <5>
- Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Orchard Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
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- Painesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesville
- Painesville is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Painesville <5>
- Parks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Corner
- Parks Corner is located in Lake County
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Vinewood Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinewood Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinewood Beach
- Vinewood Beach is located in Lake County
- Will-O-Way Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Will-O-Way Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Way Beach
- Will-O-Way Beach is located in Lake County
- Will-O-Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Will-O-Wick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Wick
- Will-O-Wick is located in Lake County
- Painesville
How Far From Mentor 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 city such as Mentor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mentor and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Mentor to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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 297 miles [478 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Mentor: www.cityofmentor.com/
The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mentor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mentor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6889, Longitude: -81.3440 In this case, the coordinates for Mentor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mentor could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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 Mentor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mentor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.366 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.677 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.592 degrees. |