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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 River Styx, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Styx 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 River Styx:
- 41.057177, -81.799985
- 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 River Styx
- 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 River Styx is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 River Styx
Curious and Interesting Names Near River Styx ...
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.
- Acme
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Clark Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clark Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Friendsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Poe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoney Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Hill is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Weavers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers
- Windfall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From River Styx 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 River Styx to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in River Styx and extending to:
- Medina, which is the Seat of Medina County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from River Styx to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- River Styx) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 River Styx 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 River Styx. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0572, Longitude: -81.8000 In this case, the coordinates for River Styx have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.683 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.941 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.03 degrees. |
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