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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 Mobile Haven Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mobile Haven Park 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 Mobile Haven Park:
- 41.272778, -80.878333
- 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 Mobile Haven Park
- 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 Mobile Haven Park is near Portage County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Portage 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 Mobile Haven Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mobile Haven Park ...
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.
- Center World
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center World is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center World
- Champion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- DeForest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeForest is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeForest Junction is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest Junction
- Delightful
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Duck Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Hardscrabble
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Howland Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howland Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- King Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- King Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corners
- Lordstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Rays Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Mobile Haven Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mobile Haven Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mobile Haven Park and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Mobile Haven Park to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,551 miles [7,324.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mobile Haven Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mobile Haven Park 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 Mobile Haven Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2728, Longitude: -80.8783 In this case, the coordinates for Mobile Haven Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.093 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.305 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.525 degrees. |
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