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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 West Mayfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Mayfield 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 West Mayfield:
- 40.782842, -80.336174
- 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 West Mayfield
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since West Mayfield is near Lawrence County and also Columbiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana 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 West Mayfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Mayfield ...
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.
- Beaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Blackhawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Celia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Celia is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
- Doctor Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
- Homewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Josephtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Josephtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
- Lillyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Marion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
- New Beaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Park Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
- Possum Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverview is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rock Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Rowtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rowtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowtown
- Sunflower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From West Mayfield 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 West Mayfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Mayfield and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from West Mayfield 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 218 miles [350.8 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 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Mayfield) 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 West Mayfield 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 West Mayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7828, Longitude: -80.3362 In this case, the coordinates for West Mayfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.78 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.874 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.454 degrees. |
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