Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wheat Hill Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheat Hill Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wheat Hill Estates

• 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 Wheat Hill Estates:
  • 40.826389, -80.539167
  • 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 Wheat Hill 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 Columbiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
  • Since Wheat Hill Estates is near Beaver County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Wheat Hill Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheat Hill 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.

• Big Beaver
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
• Blackhawk
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackhawk is located in Beaver County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
• Eureka
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eureka is located in Mahoning County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
• Jimtown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jimtown is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
• Middle Beaver ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Middle Beaver is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beaver
• New Beaver
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New Beaver is located in Lawrence County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
• Newhouse ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Newhouse is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
• Rogers
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <1>
• Rowtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rowtown is located in Beaver County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowtown
• Signal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Signal is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
• Sprucevale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sprucevale is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucevale
• Union Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Ridge is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
• Unity
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Unity is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

How Far From Wheat Hill Estates 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 Wheat Hill 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 Wheat Hill Estates and extending to:

• Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wheat Hill Estates to Lisbon, 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 141 miles [226.9 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 228 miles [366.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 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>'