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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 Urban Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Urban Hill 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 Urban Hill:
- 40.847279, -81.618736
- 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 Urban Hill
- 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 Urban Hill is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Urban Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Urban Hill ...
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.
- Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clearview is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Comet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Crystal Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Forty Corners Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawndale is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Marshallville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- New England
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New England is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Pauls ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pauls is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
- Pigeon Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- Rolling Hills Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
How Far From Urban Hill 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 Urban Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Urban Hill and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Urban Hill to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 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 from Point A (ie- Urban Hill) 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 Urban Hill 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 Urban Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8473, Longitude: -81.6187 In this case, the coordinates for Urban Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.02 degrees. |
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