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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 Chrystal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chrystal 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 Chrystal:
- 41.959215, -78.037107
- 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 Chrystal
- 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 Chrystal is near Allegany County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 Chrystal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chrystal ...
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.
- Clara
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clara is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Coneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eleven Mile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hebron Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Lewis Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shinglehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Chrystal 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 Chrystal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chrystal and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Chrystal to Coudersport, with an average speed<3> 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 130 miles [209.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chrystal) 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 Chrystal 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 Chrystal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9592, Longitude: -78.0371 In this case, the coordinates for Chrystal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.275 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.352 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.941 degrees. |
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