Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Balltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Balltown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Balltown
- 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 Balltown:
- 41.601451, -79.172265
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Balltown
- 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Forest County
- Since Balltown is near Warren County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- eBird sighting report for Elk 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Balltown ...
We found eight communities that share the name Balltown.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Balltown is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Nelson County
- This Balltown is located in Nelson County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Balltown that is located in Forest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Balltown.
- Whitley County
- This Balltown is located in Whitley County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km] to the southwest of the Balltown that is located in Forest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Balltown.
- Louisiana
- New York
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Balltown ...
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.
- Blue Jay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Hearts Content
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearts Content have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
- Hearts Content is located in Warren County
- Henrys Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Hermit Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Lynch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Mayburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Minister
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Pigeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Truemans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Whig Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Yellow Hammer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Hammer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Hammer
- Yellow Hammer is located in Forest County
How Far From Balltown 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 Balltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Balltown and extending to:
- Tionesta, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Balltown to Tionesta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Balltown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Balltown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Balltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6015, Longitude: -79.1723 In this case, the coordinates for Balltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Balltown 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Balltown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.007 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.125 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.61 degrees. |