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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 Trump, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trump 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 Trump:
    • 40.828392, -81.348445
    • 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 Trump
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Trump is near Summit County and also Portage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Trump

Communities Also Named Trump ...

We found four communities that are also named Trump.

Within Ohio, the name Trump is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Trump [Park County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Trump is located in Baltimore County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Trump that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Trump.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Trump [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trump ...

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.

  • Crystal Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crystal Park is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Park
  • Edgefield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgefield is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Lake View Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Lynn Center Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynn Center Park is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Center Park
  • Parkridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Parkridge is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
  • Plain
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Plain is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
  • Pleasant View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Ridgedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ridgedale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Skyline Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Skyline Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
  • Sweetbriar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Waco
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Waco is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Trump 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 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 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Trump, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Trump) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Trump 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.
<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 Trump 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 Trump. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8284, Longitude: -81.3484       In this case, the coordinates for Trump have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.409 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.596 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.902 degrees.