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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 Walkers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkers 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 Walkers:
    • 40.622286, -80.616739
    • 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 Walkers
  • 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 Walkers is near Hancock County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Walkers

Communities Also Named Walkers ...

We found ten communities that are also named Walkers.

Within Ohio, the name Walkers is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford 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 Arkansas community of Walkers [Crawford County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Walkers lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb 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 Georgia community of Walkers [Cobb County].
    • Michigan
      • Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Walkers [Sanilac County].
    • New York
      • Wyoming 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 New York community of Walkers [Wyoming County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pender County
      • This Walkers is located in Pender County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Walkers.
    • Ontario
      • This Walkers lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Walkers is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<2> to the west of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Walkers.
    • Virginia
      • Dinwiddie County
      • This Walkers is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Walkers.
      • New Kent County
      • This Walkers is located in New Kent County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km] to the southeast of the Walkers that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Kent County community of Walkers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkers ...

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.

  • Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
  • Congo
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Congo is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
  • Dry Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dry Run is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Jethro
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jethro is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro
  • Lennyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lennyville is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
  • Pleasant Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Heights is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
  • Spring Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Spring Grove is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Vulcan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vulcan is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Yellow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

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

  • Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walkers to Lisbon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Walkers 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walkers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Walkers 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 Walkers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6223, Longitude: -80.6167       In this case, the coordinates for Walkers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.962 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.057 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.64 degrees.