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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 Woodmere, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodmere and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woodmere:
    • 41.860053, -80.941760
    • 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 Woodmere
  • 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 Woodmere 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 Woodmere

Communities Also Named Woodmere ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Woodmere.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Woodmere.

Beyond Ohio, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Cuyahoga County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Woodmere.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Woodmere lies 2,242 miles [3,608.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
    • Florida
      • Sarasota County
      • This Woodmere is located in Sarasota County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the south of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Woodmere.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cobb County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Woodmere.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Woodmere [Lake County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Woodmere is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Woodmere.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodmere [Wayne County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cheshire County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the east of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Woodmere.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Woodmere is located in Ocean County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Woodmere.
      • Salem County
      • This Woodmere is located in Salem County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east southeast of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Woodmere.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Woodmere is located in Nassau County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the east of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Woodmere.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Woodmere is located in Davis County and lies 1,595 miles [2,566.9 km]<1> to the west of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Woodmere.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Woodmere is located in Petersburg City and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodmere that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Woodmere.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodmere ...

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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
  • Cork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cork is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
  • Crestlawn Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
  • Driftwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Erieview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Erieview is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erieview
  • Geneva
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • 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 <3>
  • Geneva-on-the-Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • James Place
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • James Place is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
  • Mechanicsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Redbird
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Redbird is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
  • Unionville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Willow Arms
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms

How Far From Woodmere to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodmere to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodmere to Jefferson, with an average speed<4> 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 168 miles [270.4 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 289 miles [465.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Woodmere) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Woodmere 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.
<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 Woodmere 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 Woodmere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8601, Longitude: -80.9418       In this case, the coordinates for Woodmere have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.102 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.404 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.339 degrees.