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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 Town And Country Park Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town And Country Park Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Town And Country Park Estates
- 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 Town And Country Park Estates:
- 40.747778, -81.071667
- 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 Town And Country Park Estates
- 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 Columbiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Since Town And Country Park Estates is near Stark County and also Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Town And Country Park Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town And Country Park Estates ...
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.
- Freeburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Homeworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Mohawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk
- Lynchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Minerva
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Minerva Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Junction
- New Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Garden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Robertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Robertsville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
How Far From Town And Country Park Estates 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 Town And Country Park Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Town And Country Park Estates and extending to:
- Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Town And Country Park Estates to Lisbon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Town And Country Park Estates) 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 Town And Country Park Estates 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 Town And Country Park Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7478, Longitude: -81.0717 In this case, the coordinates for Town And Country Park Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.239 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.391 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.803 degrees. |
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