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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 Monroeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monroeville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Monroeville:
    • 40.597841, -80.837583
    • 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 Monroeville
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Monroeville is near Columbiana County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Monroeville

Communities Also Named Monroeville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Monroeville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Monroeville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Huron County
      • This Monroeville is located in Huron County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monroeville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Monroeville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Monroeville is located in Monroe County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Monroeville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Monroeville.
    • California
      • Glenn County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Monroeville [Glenn County].
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Monroeville is located in Allen County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west of the Monroeville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Monroeville.
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Monroeville [Newaygo County].
    • New Jersey
      • Salem County
      • This Monroeville is located in Salem County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the east of the Monroeville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Monroeville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Monroeville is located in Allegheny County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Monroeville that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Monroeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monroeville ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cream City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cream City is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
  • Diamond Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Diamond Valley is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Valley
  • Five Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Forks is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Glasgow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Haysville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Haysville is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • Hillcrest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hillcrest is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Irondale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
  • Mechanicstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Summitville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Summitville is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
  • Vulcan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vulcan is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Wolf Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wolf Run is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run
  • Yellow Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

How Far From Monroeville 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 Monroeville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monroeville and extending to:

  • Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monroeville to Steubenville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 121 miles [194.7 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 233 miles [375 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Monroeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Monroeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Monroeville 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Monroeville 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 Monroeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5978, Longitude: -80.8376       In this case, the coordinates for Monroeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.10 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.21 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.749 degrees.