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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 Tiger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tiger 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 Tiger:
    • 41.134224, -80.905921
    • 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 Tiger
  • 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 Tiger is near Mahoning County and also Portage 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 Portage 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 Tiger

Communities Also Named Tiger ...

We found eight communities that are also named Tiger.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Tiger.

Beyond Ohio, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Mahoning County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Tiger [Mahoning County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Tiger [Pinal County].
      • Yavapai County
      • This community is historic and although located in Yavapai County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Tiger.
    • Colorado
      • Summit County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Tiger [Summit County].
    • Georgia
      • Rabun County
      • This Tiger is located in Rabun County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Tiger that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rabun County community of Tiger.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tiger [Rutherford County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Rogers County
      • This Tiger is located in Rogers County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Tiger that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rogers County community of Tiger.
    • Washington
      • Pend Oreille County
      • This Tiger is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Tiger that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Tiger.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiger ...

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.

  • Center World
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Center World is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center World
  • Craig Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
  • Duck Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Flicks Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Flicks Corners is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flicks Corners
  • Fredericksburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Lordstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
  • Pricetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pricetown is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
  • Riverview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverview is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Shillings Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shillings Mill is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillings Mill
  • Soaptown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Soaptown is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soaptown
  • Stony Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Ridge is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
  • Sunset Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

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

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

  • Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tiger to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 256 miles [412 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tiger 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.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tiger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tiger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Tiger 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 Tiger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1342, Longitude: -80.9059       In this case, the coordinates for Tiger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.118 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.311 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.588 degrees.