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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 Beuhler Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beuhler Corner 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 Beuhler Corner:
- 41.407840, -78.884477
- 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 Beuhler Corner
- 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 Elk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
- Since Beuhler Corner is near Jefferson County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Beuhler Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beuhler Corner ...
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.
- Belltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Blowtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blowtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowtown
- Corduroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Corduroy is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corduroy
- Four Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Lake City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Owls Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Owls Nest is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Threemile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Threemile is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile
- Whistletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
How Far From Beuhler Corner 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 Beuhler Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beuhler Corner and extending to:
- Ridgway, which is the Seat of Elk County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Beuhler Corner to Harrisburg, 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,461 miles [7,179.3 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 '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- Beuhler Corner) 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 Beuhler Corner 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 Beuhler Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4078, Longitude: -78.8845 In this case, the coordinates for Beuhler Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.842 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.553 degrees. |
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