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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 Coolspring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coolspring 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 Coolspring:
- 41.044109, -79.084134
- 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 Coolspring
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Coolspring is near Armstrong County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Coolspring
Communities Also Named Coolspring ...
We found three communities that are also named Coolspring.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Coolspring.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Coolspring in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette County
- This Coolspring is located in Fayette County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Coolspring that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Coolspring.
- Mercer County
- This Coolspring is located in Mercer County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coolspring that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Coolspring.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Coolspring [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coolspring ...
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.
- Coder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coder is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
- Colon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Conifer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conifer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conifer
- Content
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Content is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
- Frostburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Fuller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Heathville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heathville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Iowa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Norman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Panic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pansy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Coolspring 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 Coolspring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coolspring and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Coolspring to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 183 miles [294.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coolspring) 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 Coolspring 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> | 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 Coolspring 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 Coolspring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0441, Longitude: -79.0841 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.989 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.018 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.785 degrees. |
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