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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 Charter Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charter Oaks 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 Charter Oaks:
    • 42.088391, -80.137560
    • 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 Charter Oaks
  • 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
    • Since Charter Oaks is near Crawford County and also Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua 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 Charter Oaks

Communities Also Named Charter Oaks ...

We found three communities that are also named Charter Oaks.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Charter Oaks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Charter Oaks that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Charter Oaks.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This Charter Oaks is located in Lowndes County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Charter Oaks that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Charter Oaks.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Charter Oaks is located in Muscogee County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the south southwest of the Charter Oaks that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Charter Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Charter Oaks ...

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.

  • Branchville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Branchville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Dock Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dock Junction is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
  • Eaglehurst
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Eaglehurst is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglehurst
  • Erie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Erie is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <2>
  • Erie Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Erie Heights is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Heights
  • Pleasant Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Reeds Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Reeds Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Corners
  • Swanville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Swanville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville

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

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

  • Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Charter Oaks to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Charter Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Charter Oaks 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 Charter Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0884, Longitude: -80.1376       In this case, the coordinates for Charter Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.581 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.848 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.874 degrees.