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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 Stratton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stratton 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 Stratton:
- 40.520034, -80.627696
- 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 Stratton
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Stratton is near Hancock County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 Stratton
Communities Also Named Stratton ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Stratton.
Within Ohio, the name Stratton is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Kit Carson County
- This Stratton is located in Kit Carson County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the west of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kit Carson County community of Stratton.
- Teller County
- This Stratton is located in Teller County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km] to the west of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teller County community of Stratton.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Stratton is located in Bibb County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Stratton.
- Illinois
- Jefferson County
- This Stratton is located in Jefferson County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Stratton.
- Kentucky
- Pike 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 Kentucky community of Stratton [Pike County].
- Maine
- Franklin County
- This Stratton is located in Franklin County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Stratton.
- Michigan
- Ontonagon 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 Michigan community of Stratton [Ontonagon County].
- Mississippi
- Newton County
- This Stratton is located in Newton County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Stratton.
- Nebraska
- Hitchcock County
- This Stratton is located in Hitchcock County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the west of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hitchcock County community of Stratton.
- New York
- Tompkins County
- This Stratton is located in Tompkins County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Stratton.
- Ontario
- This Stratton lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- Texas
- DeWitt County
- This Stratton is located in DeWitt County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Stratton.
- Vermont
- Windham County
- This Stratton is located in Windham County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Stratton.
- Virginia
- Dickenson County
- This Stratton is located in Dickenson County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stratton that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickenson County community of Stratton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stratton ...
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.
- Blackhorse ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhorse is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Congo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Cream City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Empire
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Island Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Lennyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lennyville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moscow is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Shady Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sun Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Turkeyfoot ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turkeyfoot is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
- Vulcan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Yellow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
How Far From Stratton 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 Stratton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stratton and extending to:
- Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Stratton to Steubenville, 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 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,571 miles [7,356.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stratton) 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 Stratton 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 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 Stratton 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 Stratton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5200, Longitude: -80.6277 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.974 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.054 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.682 degrees. |
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