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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 Strasburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strasburg and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Strasburg:
    • 40.600922, -81.529874
    • 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 Strasburg
  • 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 Tuscarawas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
    • Since Strasburg 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 Strasburg

Communities Also Named Strasburg ...

We found nine communities that are also named Strasburg.

Within Ohio, the name Strasburg is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • This Strasburg is located in Adams County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the west of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Strasburg.
    • Illinois
      • Shelby County
      • This Strasburg is located in Shelby County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the west of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Strasburg.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Strasburg is located in Monroe County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Strasburg.
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • This Strasburg is located in Cass County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Strasburg.
    • North Dakota
      • Emmons County
      • This Strasburg is located in Emmons County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Strasburg.
    • Ontario
      • This Strasburg lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Strasburg is located in Lancaster County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the east of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Strasburg.
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah County
      • This Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Strasburg that is located in Tuscarawas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Strasburg.
    • Wisconsin
      • Langlade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Strasburg [Langlade County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strasburg ...

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.

  • Beartown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Beartown is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • Dover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <3>
  • Dundee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Heritage Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Plainsburg ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainsburg is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsburg
  • Reeds Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Rockville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Smoketown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Smoketown is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
  • Valley Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
  • Willow Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Willow Glen is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
  • Winklepleck Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Winklepleck Grove is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winklepleck Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strasburg and extending to:

  • New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Strasburg to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Strasburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Strasburg 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Strasburg 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 Strasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6009, Longitude: -81.5299       In this case, the coordinates for Strasburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.532 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.701 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.065 degrees.