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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 West Mentor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Mentor 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 West Mentor:
- 41.662269, -81.340108
- 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 West Mentor
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since West Mentor is near Geauga County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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 West Mentor
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Mentor ...
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.
- Chagrin Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chagrin Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chagrin Harbor
- Erie Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Erie Side is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Side
- Fairport Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Mentor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mentor Headlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orchard Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Painesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parks Corner is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Corner
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pecks Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Road is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Road
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Vinewood Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vinewood Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinewood Beach
- Will-O-Way Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Will-O-Way Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Way Beach
- Will-O-Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Will-O-Wick is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-O-Wick
- Willowick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From West Mentor 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 West Mentor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Mentor and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Mentor to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,953 miles [9,580.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Mentor) 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 West Mentor 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 West Mentor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6623, Longitude: -81.3401 In this case, the coordinates for West Mentor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.365 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.671 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.599 degrees. |
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