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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 Shihold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shihold 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 Shihold:
- 41.260334, -80.954813
- 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 Shihold
- 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Since Shihold is near Portage County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 Shihold
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shihold ...
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.
- Center World
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center World is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center World
- Champion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Delightful
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Duck Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Hardscrabble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Lordstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Pricetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pricetown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Shihold to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shihold to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shihold and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Shihold to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 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 '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- Shihold) 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 Shihold 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 Shihold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2603, Longitude: -80.9548 In this case, the coordinates for Shihold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.565 degrees. |
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