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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 Plymouth Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plymouth Center 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 Plymouth Center:
- 41.836998, -80.753974
- 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 Plymouth Center
- 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 Plymouth Center is near Lake County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Plymouth Center
Communities Also Named Plymouth Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Plymouth Center.
Within Ohio, the name Plymouth Center is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Plymouth Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plymouth Center [Plymouth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plymouth Center ...
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.
- Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Crestlawn Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
- Erieview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
- Gageville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
- Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Kelloggsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsville On-the-Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Willow Arms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms
How Far From Plymouth Center 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 Plymouth Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plymouth Center and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Plymouth Center to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Plymouth Center 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plymouth Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Plymouth Center 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 Plymouth Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8370, Longitude: -80.7540 In this case, the coordinates for Plymouth Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.985 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.268 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.259 degrees. |
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