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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 Penn Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penn Park 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 Penn Park:
- 41.544217, -84.923851
- 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 Penn Park
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since Penn Park is near DeKalb County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 Penn Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penn Park ...
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.
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Butler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fountain Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fountain Park is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Island Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Island Park is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Moonlight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moonlight is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight
- Pleasant Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Russels Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
How Far From Penn Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Penn Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Penn Park and extending to:
- Angola, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Penn Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penn Park) 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 Penn Park 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 Penn Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5442, Longitude: -84.9239 In this case, the coordinates for Penn Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.346 degrees. |
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