Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Willow Arms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Arms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Willow Arms

• 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 Willow Arms:
  • 41.879722, -80.807222
  • 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 Willow Arms

• 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
  • Since Willow Arms is near Lake County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga 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 Willow Arms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Arms ...

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.

• Chapel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
• Crestlawn Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
• Erieview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
• Gageville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
• Geneva
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Geneva is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,899 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <1>
• Geneva-on-the-Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Geneva-on-the-Lake is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva-on-the-Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva-on-the-Lake <1>
• Harbor
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
• Kingsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kingsville is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsville <1>
• Kingsville On-the-Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingsville On-the-Lake is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville On-the-Lake
• Plymouth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Willow Arms and extending to:

• Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Willow Arms to Jefferson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 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 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'