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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 Chaffee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chaffee 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 Chaffee:
    • 41.580339, -78.933924
    • 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 Chaffee
  • 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 Chaffee is near Forest County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Chaffee

Communities Also Named Chaffee ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Chaffee.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Chaffee is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Chaffee is located in Kern County and lies 2,153 miles [3,464.9 km]<1> to the west of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Chaffee.
    • Kansas
      • Rush County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chaffee [Rush County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chaffee [Boyd County].
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • This Chaffee is located in Scott County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Chaffee.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Chaffee is located in Erie County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Chaffee.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Chaffee is located in Cass County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Chaffee.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chaffee [Cuyahoga County].
      • Summit County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chaffee [Summit County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chaffee [Aiken County].
    • Washington
      • Benton County
      • This Chaffee is located in Benton County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Chaffee.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Chaffee is located in Mineral County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the south of the Chaffee that is located in Elk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Chaffee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chaffee ...

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.

  • Cherry Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Run is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
  • Corduroy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Corduroy is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corduroy
  • Four Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Four Corners is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Henrys Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
  • Iron City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Iron City is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
  • James City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jo Jo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jo Jo is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jo Jo
  • Lynch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lynch is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
  • Pigeon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pigeon is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
  • Pigs Ear
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pigs Ear is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigs Ear
  • Threemile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Threemile is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile
  • Windy City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Windy City is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City

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

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

  • Ridgway, which is the Seat of Elk County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chaffee to Ridgway, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 139 miles [223.7 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,457 miles [7,172.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chaffee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Chaffee 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chaffee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Chaffee 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 Chaffee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5803, Longitude: -78.9339       In this case, the coordinates for Chaffee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.861 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.955 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.508 degrees.