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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 Comettsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Comettsburg 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 Comettsburg:
- 40.480868, -80.498081
- 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 Comettsburg
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Comettsburg is near Hancock County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Comettsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Comettsburg ...
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.
- Blackhorse ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blackhorse is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Empire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Kings Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Logrow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logrow is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logrow
- Mechanicsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
- Sun Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Turkeyfoot ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeyfoot is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
How Far From Comettsburg 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 Comettsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Comettsburg and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Comettsburg to Beaver, with an average speed<2> 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 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Comettsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Comettsburg 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 Comettsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4809, Longitude: -80.4981 In this case, the coordinates for Comettsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.895 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.959 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.637 degrees. |
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