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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 Remsen Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Remsen 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 Remsen Corners:
- 41.188665, -81.741796
- 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 Remsen 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 Medina County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
- Since Remsen Corners is near Summit County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Remsen Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Remsen 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.
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buzzard Roost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buzzard Roost is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Roost
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Clark Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clark Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Everett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Fairlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Mallet Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
- Pigeon Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Pliny ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pliny is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pliny
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stoney Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Hill is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Strongsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley City Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Windfall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
How Far From Remsen Corners 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 Remsen 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 Remsen Corners and extending to:
- Medina, which is the Seat of Medina County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Remsen Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Remsen 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 Remsen 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 Remsen Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1887, Longitude: -81.7418 In this case, the coordinates for Remsen Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.641 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.957 degrees. |
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