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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 Pepper Pike, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pepper Pike 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 Pepper Pike:
- 41.476164, -81.464285
- 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 Pepper Pike
- 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
- Since Pepper Pike is near Geauga County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Pepper Pike
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pepper Pike ...
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.
- Bluestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluestone is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Chagrin Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gates Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunting Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orange Center is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Center
- Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Shaker Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- University Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Pepper Pike 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 city such as Pepper Pike to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pepper Pike and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pepper Pike to Cleveland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 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 '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- Pepper Pike) 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 Pepper Pike 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 Pepper Pike. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4762, Longitude: -81.4643 In this case, the coordinates for Pepper Pike have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.452 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.743 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.725 degrees. |
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