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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 Mineral Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mineral Ridge 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 Mineral Ridge:
- 41.140058, -80.768969
- 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 Mineral Ridge
- 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 Mahoning County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Since Mineral Ridge is near Trumbull County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Mineral Ridge
Communities Also Named Mineral Ridge ...
We found one communities that are also named Mineral Ridge.
Within Ohio, the name Mineral Ridge is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Mineral Ridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Boone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mineral Ridge [Boone County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mineral Ridge ...
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.
- Cedar Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Corners
- Cedar Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- DeForest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- DeForest is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- DeForest Junction is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest Junction
- Duck Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Fosterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Fourmile Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fourmile Run is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Run
- Hakes Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hakes Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakes Corners
- Halls Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halls Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
- Herbert Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herbert Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Corners
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Howland Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Howland Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Lordstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Lynns Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lynns Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynns Corners
- Rays Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Soaptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Soaptown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soaptown
- Sodom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Stony Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Tiger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tiger is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger
How Far From Mineral Ridge 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 Mineral Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mineral Ridge and extending to:
- Youngstown, which is the Seat of Mahoning County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mineral Ridge to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four 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 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mineral Ridge 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mineral Ridge) 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 Mineral Ridge 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 Mineral Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1401, Longitude: -80.7690 In this case, the coordinates for Mineral Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.032 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.214 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.522 degrees. |
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