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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 Coburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coburn 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 Coburn:
- 40.863201, -77.462144
- 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 Coburn
- 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 Coburn is near Union County and also Mifflin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin 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 Coburn
Communities Also Named Coburn ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Coburn.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Coburn.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Blair County
- This Coburn is located in Blair County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Coburn.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- This Coburn is located in Monterey County and lies 2,354 miles [3,788.4 km]<1> to the west of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Coburn.
- Colorado
- Delta County
- This Coburn is located in Delta County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<1> to the west of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Coburn.
- Kansas
- Franklin 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 Coburn [Franklin County].
- Kentucky
- Menifee County
- This Coburn is located in Menifee County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Coburn.
- Louisiana
- Sabine Parish
- This Coburn is located in Sabine Parish and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Coburn.
- Tangipahoa Parish
- This Coburn is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km] to the southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Coburn.
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- This Coburn is located in Penobscot County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Coburn.
- Nebraska
- Dakota County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dakota County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Coburn.
- New Brunswick
- This Coburn lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- New Hampshire
- Strafford County
- This Coburn is located in Strafford County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Coburn.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- This Coburn is located in Buncombe County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Coburn.
- North Dakota
- Ransom County
- This Coburn is located in Ransom County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ransom County community of Coburn.
- Texas
- Lipscomb County
- This Coburn is located in Lipscomb County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<1> to the west of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lipscomb County community of Coburn.
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- This Coburn is located in Wetzel County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coburn that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Coburn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coburn ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaverdam is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Cherry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Farmers Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Green Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Grove is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Poe Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poe Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe Mills
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Spring Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Bank is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
- Spring Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
How Far From Coburn 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 Coburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coburn and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coburn to Bellefonte, 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coburn) 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 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 Coburn 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 Coburn, 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 Coburn 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 Coburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8632, Longitude: -77.4621 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.007 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.877 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.124 degrees. |
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