Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cooperstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooperstown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cooperstown
- 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 Cooperstown:
- 40.713677, -79.929779
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cooperstown
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Cooperstown is near Allegheny County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- eBird sighting report for Beaver 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cooperstown ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Cooperstown.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Cooperstown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Venango County
- This Cooperstown is located in Venango County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the north of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Cooperstown.
- Westmoreland County
- This Cooperstown is located in Westmoreland County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Cooperstown.
- Venango County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Stanislaus County
- This Cooperstown is located in Stanislaus County and lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanislaus County community of Cooperstown.
- Georgia
- Habersham 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 Georgia community of Cooperstown [Habersham County].
- Illinois
- Brown County
- This Cooperstown is located in Brown County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the west of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Cooperstown.
- Kentucky
- Logan County
- This Cooperstown is located in Logan County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cooperstown.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- This Cooperstown is located in Burlington County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the east of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Cooperstown.
- New York
- Otsego County
- This Cooperstown is located in Otsego County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Cooperstown.
- North Dakota
- Griggs County
- This Cooperstown is located in Griggs County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Griggs County community of Cooperstown.
- Ohio
- Sandusky County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Sandusky County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Cooperstown.
- Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County
- This Cooperstown is located in Manitowoc County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Cooperstown.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooperstown ...
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.
- Bakerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakerstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerstown
- Bakerstown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bakerstown <5>
- Curtisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Downieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Hays Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Houseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houseville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseville
- Houseville is located in Butler County
- Ivywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars
- Mars is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars <5>
- Mineral Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Mineral Spring is located in Butler County
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Red Hot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cooperstown and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cooperstown to Butler, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cooperstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Cooperstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooperstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7137, Longitude: -79.9298 In this case, the coordinates for Cooperstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Cooperstown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.532 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.582 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.294 degrees. |