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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 Casanova, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casanova and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Casanova:
    • 40.954892, -78.166375
    • 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 Casanova
  • 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Since Casanova is near Clearfield County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Casanova

Communities Also Named Casanova ...

We found two communities that are also named Casanova.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Casanova is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Westchester 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 New York community of Casanova [Westchester County].
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Casanova is located in Fauquier County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the south of the Casanova that is located in Centre County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Casanova.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Casanova ...

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.

  • Coaldale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Coaldale is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Cuba Mines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuba Mines is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mines
  • Drifting
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Drifting is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drifting
  • Glass City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Glass City is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
  • Graham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Graham is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Grassflat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grassflat is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassflat
  • Hawk Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawk Run is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Run
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Palestine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Palestine is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Pardee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pardee is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Pleasant Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

How Far From Casanova 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 Casanova to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Casanova and extending to:

  • Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Casanova to Bellefonte, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Casanova 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Casanova) 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 Casanova 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 Casanova. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9549, Longitude: -78.1664    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.431 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.371 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.404 degrees.