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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 Colegrove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colegrove 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 Colegrove:
- 41.728675, -78.385850
- 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 Colegrove
- 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 McKean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Since Colegrove is near Elk County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Colegrove
Communities Also Named Colegrove ...
We found two communities that are also named Colegrove.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Colegrove is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Colegrove [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Alachua 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 Florida community of Colegrove [Alachua County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colegrove ...
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.
- Cyclone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cyclone is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Farmers Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmers Valley is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Freeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Keating Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Lawn View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lawn View is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn View
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Marvindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marvindale is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvindale
- Rich Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rich Valley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Roulette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Straight Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Straight Creek is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Turtlepoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Turtlepoint is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtlepoint
- Twomile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twomile is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
- Wolf Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Run is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run
How Far From Colegrove 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 Colegrove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Colegrove and extending to:
- Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Colegrove to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,427 miles [7,124.6 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 Colegrove 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Colegrove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Colegrove 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 Colegrove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7287, Longitude: -78.3859 In this case, the coordinates for Colegrove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.509 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.581 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.196 degrees. |
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