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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 Navarre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Navarre 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 Navarre:
    • 40.723622, -81.514596
    • 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 Navarre
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Navarre is near Tuscarawas County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Navarre

Communities Also Named Navarre ...

We found five communities that are also named Navarre.

Within Ohio, the name Navarre is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Navarre lies 1,706 miles [2,745.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Navarre that is located in Stark County.
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This Navarre is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Navarre that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Navarre.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson County
      • This Navarre is located in Dickinson County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the west of the Navarre that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Navarre.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Navarre [Hennepin County].
    • Quebec
      • This Navarre lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Navarre that is located in Stark County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Navarre ...

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.

  • Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Crossroads is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Elton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Elton is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Lawndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lawndale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Mayflower Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
  • New England
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Park Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Park Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
  • Pigeon Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
  • Richville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Richville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Rockville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rockville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rolling Hills Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Smoketown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Smoketown is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
  • Walnut Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
  • Whispering Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whispering Oaks is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Navarre to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,002 miles [9,659.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Navarre) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Navarre 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.
<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 Navarre 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 Navarre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7236, Longitude: -81.5146       In this case, the coordinates for Navarre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.517 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.703 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.015 degrees.