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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 F M Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to F M Corners 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 F M Corners:
- 41.219779, -80.470903
- 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 F M Corners
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since F M Corners is near Trumbull County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull 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 F M Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near F M Corners ...
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.
- Bobbys Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bobbys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbys Corners
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- Furnace Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Petroleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Petroleum is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Trouts Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Trouts Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trouts Corners
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wheatland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yankee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yankee Hills is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hills
How Far From F M Corners 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 F M Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in F M Corners and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from F M Corners to Mercer, 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- F M Corners) 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 F M Corners 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 F M Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2198, Longitude: -80.4709 In this case, the coordinates for F M Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.01 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.355 degrees. |
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