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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 Tibbetts Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tibbetts Corners 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 Tibbetts Corners:
- 41.181724, -80.717300
- 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 Tibbetts Corners
- 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 Tibbetts Corners is near Franklin County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 Tibbetts Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tibbetts Corners ...
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.
- Cedar Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Corners
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- DeForest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- DeForest is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- DeForest Junction is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest Junction
- Fourmile Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fourmile Run is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Run
- Hakes Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hakes Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakes Corners
- Halls Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halls Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Howland Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howland Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- King Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- King Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corners
- Mineral Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rays Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Sodom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
How Far From Tibbetts Corners 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 community such as Tibbetts Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tibbetts Corners and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tibbetts Corners 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four 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 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 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 '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- Tibbetts Corners) 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 Tibbetts Corners 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 Tibbetts Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1817, Longitude: -80.7173 In this case, the coordinates for Tibbetts Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.997 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.182 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.483 degrees. |
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