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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 Coleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coleville 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 Coleville:
    • 41.895064, -78.515855
    • 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 Coleville
  • 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 Coleville is near Cattaraugus County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Coleville

Communities Also Named Coleville ...

We found six communities that are also named Coleville.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Coleville.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Centre County
      • This Coleville is located in Centre County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Coleville that is located in McKean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Coleville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mono County
      • This Coleville is located in Mono County and lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<1> to the west of the Coleville that is located in McKean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mono County community of Coleville.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Coleville [Chickasaw County].
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • This Coleville is located in Bates County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the west of the Coleville that is located in McKean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Coleville.
    • North Carolina
      • Stokes County
      • This Coleville is located in Stokes County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Coleville that is located in McKean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stokes County community of Coleville.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Coleville lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Coleville that is located in McKean County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coleville ...

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.

  • Allen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Allen is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Bells Camp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bells Camp is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Camp
  • Cyclone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cyclone is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
  • Duke Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Duke Center is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Center
  • Farmers Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmers Valley is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
  • Howard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Howard is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Indian Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Crossing is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • Knapp Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Knapp Creek is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Creek
  • Lewis Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Red Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Red Rock is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Walkertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Walkertown is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
  • Wolf Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolf Run is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run

How Far From Coleville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coleville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Coleville 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Coleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Coleville 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 Coleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8951, Longitude: -78.5159       In this case, the coordinates for Coleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.577 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.684 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.189 degrees.