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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 South Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Church 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 South Church:
- 41.604771, -81.349831
- 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 South Church
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since South Church is near Geauga County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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 South Church
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Church ...
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.
- Chagrin Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chagrin Harbor
- Chesterland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Erie Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erie Side is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Side
- Fowlers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlers Mill is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Mill
- Gates Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Mentor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Novelty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Novelty is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novelty
- Parks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parks Corner is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Corner
- Pecks Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rush Road is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Road
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotland is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Timberlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Vinewood Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vinewood Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinewood Beach
- Will-O-Way Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Will-O-Way Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Way Beach
- Will-O-Wick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Will-O-Wick is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Wick
- Willowick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From South Church 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 South Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Church and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Church to Painesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 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 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Church) 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 South Church 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 South Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6048, Longitude: -81.3498 In this case, the coordinates for South Church have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.673 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.625 degrees. |
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