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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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Plymouth Center
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Plymouth Center ...

We found one communities that share the name 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
    • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
  • Crestlawn Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestlawn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
    • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
  • Erieview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erieview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
    • Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
  • Gageville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gageville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
    • Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
  • Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
    • Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
  • Kelloggsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelloggsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
  • Kingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingsville On-the-Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville On-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville On-the-Lake
    • Kingsville On-the-Lake is located in Ashtabula County
  • Plymouth
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
  • Willow Arms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms
    • Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County

How Far From Plymouth Center to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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<5> 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]<5> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Plymouth Center to Columbus, with an average speed<6>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<7> 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plymouth Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ashtabula County: www.co.ashtabula.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plymouth Center) to Point B.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>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.985 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.268 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.259 degrees.









 

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