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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 Oregon Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oregon Corners 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 Oregon Corners:
- 41.166445, -81.404832
- 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 Oregon Corners
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Oregon Corners is near Portage County and also Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga 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 Oregon Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oregon Corners ...
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.
- Black Horse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Black Horse is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Brady Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Earlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Fish Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fish Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Goodyear Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodyear Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Heights
- Iron Bridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iron Bridge is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Kent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Six Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Six Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Oregon Corners 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 Oregon Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oregon Corners and extending to:
- Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Oregon Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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 5,978 miles [9,620.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Oregon Corners) 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 Oregon Corners 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 Oregon Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1664, Longitude: -81.4048 In this case, the coordinates for Oregon Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.429 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.808 degrees. |
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