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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 Snively, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snively 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 Snively:
- 40.755612, -81.670683
- 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 Snively
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Snively is near Stark County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Snively
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snively ...
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.
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Elton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Lawndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawndale is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Mayflower Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Park Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Heights is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
- Pigeon Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- Riceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riceland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceland
- Rolling Hills Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urban Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urban Hill is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Hill
How Far From Snively 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 Snively to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Snively and extending to:
- Wooster, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Snively to Wooster, with an average speed<2> 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,007 miles [9,667.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Snively) 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 Snively 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 Snively. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7556, Longitude: -81.6707 In this case, the coordinates for Snively have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.614 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.817 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.075 degrees. |
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