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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 Shaffers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shaffers 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 Shaffers:
- 40.887281, -81.133988
- 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 Shaffers
- 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Since Shaffers is near Mahoning County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 Shaffers
Communities Also Named Shaffers ...
We found one communities that are also named Shaffers.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Shaffers.
Beyond Ohio.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Mercer 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 Ohio community of Shaffers [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shaffers ...
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.
- Alliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Freeburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Homeworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
How Far From Shaffers 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 Shaffers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Shaffers once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Shaffers and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shaffers to Canton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Shaffers 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shaffers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaffers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Shaffers 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 Shaffers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8873, Longitude: -81.1340 In this case, the coordinates for Shaffers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.272 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.449 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.782 degrees. |
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