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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 Frizzleburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frizzleburg 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 Frizzleburg:
- 41.076448, -80.454790
- 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 Frizzleburg
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Frizzleburg is near Mahoning County and also Trumbull County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull 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 Frizzleburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frizzleburg ...
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.
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Clover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clover is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottage Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Coverts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coverts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Furnace Hill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Geography Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Geography Hall is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geography Hall
- Grahms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grahms is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
- Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Hells Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hells Corners is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hells Corners
- Hillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Kansas Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas Corners is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Corners
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyle is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
- Maplewood Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Mayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mayville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Parkstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
- Peanut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peanut is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
- Poland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poland Center is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunset Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunset Valley is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
How Far From Frizzleburg 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 Frizzleburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frizzleburg and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Frizzleburg to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 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 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frizzleburg) 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 Frizzleburg 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 Frizzleburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0764, Longitude: -80.4548 In this case, the coordinates for Frizzleburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.401 degrees. |
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