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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 Mesopotamia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mesopotamia 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 Mesopotamia:
- 41.458340, -80.954620
- 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 Mesopotamia
- 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Since Mesopotamia is near Geauga County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Mesopotamia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mesopotamia ...
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.
- Bundysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
- Center Road ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Road is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
- Clover Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Delightful
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greene Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greene Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Center
- Hartsgrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Triumph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Triumph is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
How Far From Mesopotamia to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mesopotamia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mesopotamia and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mesopotamia to Warren, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 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- Mesopotamia) 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 Mesopotamia 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 Mesopotamia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4583, Longitude: -80.9546 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.132 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.376 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.493 degrees. |
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