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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 Chapmanville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville:
- 41.593113, -79.838110
- 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 Chapmanville
- 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Since Chapmanville is near Crawford County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Chapmanville
Communities Also Named Chapmanville ...
We found three communities that are also named Chapmanville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Chapmanville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay 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 Kansas community of Chapmanville [Clay County].
- New Brunswick
- This Chapmanville lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Chapmanville that is located in Venango County.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Chapmanville is located in Logan County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Chapmanville that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Chapmanville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapmanville ...
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.
- Breedtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Breedtown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedtown
- Cherrytree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Clappville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clappville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappville
- Diamond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Five Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Guys Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mason
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mystic Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic Park is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Park
- Plum Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plum Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Corner
- Townville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Tryonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
How Far From Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapmanville and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Chapmanville to Franklin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 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 Chapmanville 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' (or 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- Chapmanville) 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 Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5931, Longitude: -79.8381 In this case, the coordinates for Chapmanville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.594 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.922 degrees. |
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