Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Soaptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soaptown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Soaptown

• 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 Soaptown:
  • 41.142558, -80.826750
  • 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 Soaptown

• 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 Soaptown is near Mahoning County and also Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Soaptown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Soaptown ...

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.

• DeForest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • DeForest is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
• DeForest Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • DeForest Junction is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest Junction
• Duck Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
• Fourmile Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fourmile Run is located in Mahoning County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Run
• Hilltop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hilltop is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Lordstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
• Mineral Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Ridge is located in Mahoning County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Ridge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral Ridge <1>
• Stony Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stony Ridge is located in Mahoning County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
• Tiger
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tiger is located in Trumbull County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger

How Far From Soaptown 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 Soaptown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Soaptown and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the North.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Soaptown 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 253 miles [407.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 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 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'