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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 Walnut Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Walnut Estates 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 Walnut Estates:
- 41.712544, -81.256213
- 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 Walnut 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since West Walnut Estates is near Geauga County and also Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula 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 Walnut Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Walnut 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.
- Fairport Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grand River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lane is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Little Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Mentor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mentor Headlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orchard Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Painesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Painesville on-the-Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From West Walnut 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 West Walnut 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 West Walnut Estates and extending to:
- Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Walnut Estates 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 295 miles [474.8 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 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 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- West Walnut 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 West Walnut 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 West Walnut Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7125, Longitude: -81.2562 In this case, the coordinates for West Walnut Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.309 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.616 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.542 degrees. |
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