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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 Padanaram, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Padanaram 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 Padanaram:
- 41.653666, -80.536738
- 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 Padanaram
- 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
- Since Padanaram is near Crawford County and also Trumbull County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull 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 Padanaram
Curious and Interesting Names Near Padanaram ...
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.
- Beaver Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beaver Center is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
- Center Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Road is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
- Cherry Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Dicksonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Hartstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Leon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Linesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadville Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
- Sentinel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Wick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Williamsfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Padanaram 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 Padanaram to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Padanaram and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Padanaram to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Padanaram) 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 Padanaram 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 Padanaram. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6537, Longitude: -80.5367 In this case, the coordinates for Padanaram have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.225 degrees. |
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