Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Minerva Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minerva Junction and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Minerva Junction
- 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 Minerva Junction:
- 40.711727, -81.151491
- 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 Minerva Junction
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Minerva Junction is near Stark County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stark County
- eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 Minerva Junction ...
We found one communities that share the name Minerva Junction.
Within Ohio, the name Minerva Junction is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Minerva Junction in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Marshall 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 Minerva Junction [Marshall County].
- Iowa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minerva Junction ...
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.
- Freeburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Hardscrabble ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Hardscrabble is located in Stark County
- Homeworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeworth
- Homeworth is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homeworth <3>
- Lake Mohawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mohawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk
- Lake Mohawk is located in Carroll County
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Stark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnolia <3>
- Marks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Minerva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Minerva is located in Stark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minerva <3>
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Robertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Robertsville is located in Stark County
How Far From Minerva Junction 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 Minerva Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Minerva Junction and extending to:
- Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Minerva Junction to Carrollton, with an average speed<5> 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,585 miles [7,378.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Minerva Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Carroll County: www.carrollcountyohio.net/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Minerva Junction 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minerva Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minerva Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7117, Longitude: -81.1515 In this case, the coordinates for Minerva Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Minerva Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.291 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.444 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.852 degrees. |