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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 Borie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Borie 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 Borie:
- 41.685899, -77.952223
- 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 Borie
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Borie is near McKean County and also Cameron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron 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 Borie
Communities Also Named Borie ...
We found two communities that are also named Borie.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Borie.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Borie in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Bucks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Borie [Bucks County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- This Borie is located in Laramie County and lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<2> to the west of the Borie that is located in Potter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Borie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Borie ...
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.
- Burrows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Ice Mine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Inez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Keating Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Roulette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Short Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short Run is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Run
- Sweden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
- Telescope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
How Far From Borie 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 Borie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Borie and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Borie to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Borie 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. |
| <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- Borie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Borie 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 Borie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6859, Longitude: -77.9522 In this case, the coordinates for Borie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.244 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.274 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.013 degrees. |
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